Towards a framework for conceptual modelling quality

Metrics for Software Conceptual Models

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-18

  Piattini, Mario ^a   Genero, Marcela ^a   Poels, Geert ^b   Nelson, Jim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODELLING;

EID: 84994777395     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9781860946066_0001     Document Type: Chapter

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