Applicability of metrology to information technology

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 567-578

  Gray, Martha M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Function point metrics; Information technology; Software metrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040522305     PISSN: 1044677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6028/jres.104.035     Document Type: Article

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