Multimodal Modeling, Analysis, and Validation of Open Source Software Development Processes

International Journal of Information Technology and Web Engineering (IJITWE)

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 49-63

  Scacchi, Walt ^a   Jensen, Chris ^a   Noll, John ^b   Elliott, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Santa Clara University   (United States)

Author keywords

empirical studies of software engineering; open source software development; process modeling; requirements processes; software process

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001755065     PISSN: 15541045     EISSN: 15541053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jitwe.2006070104     Document Type: Article

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