Requirements for product derivation support: Results from a systematic literature review and an expert survey

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 324-346

  Rabiser, Rick ^a   Grünbacher, Paul ^a   Dhungana, Deepak ^b  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Product derivation; Product line engineering; Software product line; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

BUILDING PRODUCTS; EXPERT SURVEY; PRODUCT DERIVATION; PRODUCT LINE ENGINEERING; REUSABLE ASSETS; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; SURVEYS;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 75449091148     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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