Resolving requirements discovery in testing and operations

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 33-41

  Lutz, R R ^a,b   Mikulski, I C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embedded software; Embedded system; Laboratories; Pattern analysis; Personnel; Propulsion; Software systems; Software testing; Space technology; System testing

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED SOFTWARE; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; LABORATORIES; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL TESTING; PROPULSION; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

ANALYSIS OF ANOMALY; PATTERN ANALYSIS; REQUIREMENTS DISCOVERY; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SPACE TECHNOLOGIES; SYSTEM TESTING; TWO WAYS;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 84942854001     PISSN: 1090705X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRE.2003.1232735     Document Type: Conference Paper

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