Past and future of software architectural decisions - A systematic mapping study

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 850-872

  Tofan, Dan ^a   Galster, Matthias ^b   Avgeriou, Paris ^a   Schuitema, Wes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Architectural decisions; Software architecture; Systematic mapping study

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MAPPING; PAPER; RESEARCH;

ARCHITECTURAL DECISION; ARCHITECTURAL DECISION MAKINGS; EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; REFERENCE DATABASE; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURAL; SYSTEMATIC MAPPING STUDIES;

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 84900020925     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2014.03.009     Document Type: Review

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