Software process simulation modeling: Why? What? How?

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-105

  Kellner, Marc I ^a   Madachy, Raymond J ^b   Raffo, David M ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SOFTWARE INDUSTRY; SOFTWARE PROCESS SIMULATOR;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032671505     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(99)00003-5     Document Type: Article

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