Requirements engineering for software product lines: A systematic literature review

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 806-820

  Alves, Vander ^a   Niu, Nan ^b   Alves, Carina ^c   Valença, George ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Requirements engineering; Software product lines; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; RESEARCH QUALITY; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; RESEARCH TRENDS; SOFTWARE PRODUCT LINE; SOFTWARE PRODUCT LINE ENGINEERING(SPLE); SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; TOOL SUPPORT;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 78650863537     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2010.03.014     Document Type: Review

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