Application of fuzzy expert systems in assessing operational risk of software

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 7 SPEC., 2003, Pages 373-388

  Xu, Zhiwei ^a   Khoshgoftaar, Taghi M ^b   Allen, Edward B ^c  

^a MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

^b Florida Atlantic Univ   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy expert systems; Fuzzy rules; Independent verification and validation; Operational risk assessment; Risk matrix; Subjective probability

Indexed keywords

EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY CONTROL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

OPERATIONAL RISKS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0037544039     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-5849(03)00010-7     Document Type: Article

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