A Rule-Based Approach to Developing Software Development Prediction Models

Automated Software Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 211-243

  Chatzoglou, Prodromos D ^a   Macaulay, Linda A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision rules; IS project planning; Planning models; Requirements

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

REQUIREMENTS CAPTURE AND ANALYSIS PROCESS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032047894     PISSN: 09288910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008621131645     Document Type: Article

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