Using linguistic patterns for improving requirements specification

ICSOFT 2006 - 1st International Conference on Software and Data Technologies, Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 145-150

  Videira, Carlos ^a   Ferreira, David ^a   Da Silva, Alberto Rodrigues ^a  

^a INESC ID   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Linguistic patterns; Parsing techniques; Requirements; Requirements specification languages

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL AREA; LINGUISTIC PATTERNS; REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION LANGUAGE; REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATIONS; RESEARCH PROPOSALS; SEMANTIC RULES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; QUERY LANGUAGES; SPECIFICATION LANGUAGES; SPECIFICATIONS;

LINGUISTICS;

EID: 77953966196     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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