Bayesian probability distributions for assessing measurement of subjective software attributes

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 533-546

  Moses, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; INFERENCE ENGINES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

BAYESIAN PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SUBJECTIVE SOFTWARE ATTRIBUTES;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033740956     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-5849(00)00097-5     Document Type: Article

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