Methodologies for Performing Empirical Studies: Report from the International Workshop on Empirical Studies of Software Maintenance

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-118

  Kemerer, Chris F ^a,c,d,e,f,g   Slaughter, Sandra ^b,f,h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g American Management Systems Inc   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

ⁱ Allen Bradley Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Experience; Methodology; Research methods; Software maintainers; Software maintenance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030650090     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009741031615     Document Type: Article

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