Relevance, benefits, and problems of software modelling and model driven techniques - A survey in the Italian industry

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2110-2126

  Torchiano, Marco ^a   Tomassetti, Federico ^a   Ricca, Filippo ^b   Tiso, Alessandro ^b   Reggio, Gianna ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Model driven techniques; Personal opinion survey; Software modelling

Indexed keywords

DESIGN SUPPORT; MODEL-DRIVEN TECHNIQUES; OPINION SURVEYS; PLATFORM INDEPENDENCE; SOFTWARE MODELLING; SOFTWARE QUALITY; SUPPORTING TOOL; WEB-BASED QUESTIONNAIRES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; INDUSTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; SURVEYS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE PORTABILITY;

EID: 84880144133     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.03.084     Document Type: Article

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