The state of the art in automated requirements elicitation

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1695-1709

  Meth, Hendrik ^a   Brhel, Manuel ^a   Maedche, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automation; Requirements Elicitation; Requirements Engineering; Requirements Reuse; Systematic Review

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL EVALUATIONS; REQUIREMENTS ELICITATION; REQUIREMENTS REUSE; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES;

AUTOMATION; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TOOLS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84880850545     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2013.03.008     Document Type: Review

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