ProSim/RA-software process simulation in support of risk assessment

Value-Based Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 263-286

  Egyed, Alexander ^a  

^a Teknowledge Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

change propagation; consistency; impact of change; software modeling; trace analysis; Traceability; traceability uncertainties; trade off analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449209075     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-29263-2_13     Document Type: Chapter

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