A goal-based framework for contextual requirements modeling and analysis

Requirements Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 439-458

  Ali, Raian ^a   Dalpiaz, Fabiano ^a   Giorgini, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Context analysis; Contextual requirements; Goal modeling; Requirements analysis

Indexed keywords

CONTEXT ANALYSIS; CONTEXTUAL REQUIREMENTS; DESIGN TIME; EMERGING COMPUTING PARADIGM; GOAL MODELING; GOAL MODELS; GOAL-ORIENTED; MINIMUM COST; MOBILE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REASONING FRAMEWORK; REASONING TECHNIQUES; REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS; REQUIREMENTS MODELING; RUNTIMES;

REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

EID: 79451469012     PISSN: 09473602     EISSN: 1432010X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00766-010-0110-z     Document Type: Article

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