An approach for combining model-based and scenario-based software architecture analysis

Proceedings - 5th International Conference on Software Engineering Advances, ICSEA 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 141-148

  Buchgeher, Georg ^a   Weinreich, Rainer ^b  

^a SOFTWARE COMPETENCE CENTER HAGENBERG   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Software architecture; Software architecture analysis; Software architecture tools

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; ARCHITECTURE ANALYSIS; ARCHITECTURE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; ARCHITECTURE MANAGEMENT; COMBINING MODEL; COST-EFFICIENT; DIFFERENT PROCESS; SCENARIO-BASED ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 78649815565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSEA.2010.29     Document Type: Conference Paper

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