Directions and methodologies for empirical software engineering research

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 405-410

  Harrison, R ^a,f,g   Badoo, N ^c,d   Barry, E ^b,e   Biffl, S ^a,b,c   Parra, A ^a,b,e   Winter, B ^c,e   Wuest, J ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e Computer Sciences Corporation ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^g FRAUNHOFER IESE   (Germany)

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EID: 0342629207     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009877923978     Document Type: Article

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