Evaluating Software Engineering Technologies

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn SE-13, Issue 7, 1987, Pages 845-851

  Card, David N ^a   Mc Garry, Frank E ^b   Page, Gerald T ^a  

^a Computer Sciences Corporation System Sciences Division ^*  (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Modern programming practices; productivity; reliability; software engineering; Software Engineering Laboratory; software measurement; technology evaluation

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS; RELIABILITY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0023384882     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.1987.233495     Document Type: Article

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