Dynamic Simulation Modeling of an Inspection-Based Software Lifecycle Process

Simulation

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-47

  Madachy, Raymond ^a   Khoshnevis, Behrokh ^b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

software inspections; software process improvement; software process modeling; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; ERROR CORRECTION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DYNAMIC SIMULATION MODEL; INSPECTION BASED SOFTWARE LIFECYCLE PROCESS;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031190530     PISSN: 00375497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003754979706900104     Document Type: Article

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