Supporting decision-making in software engineering with process simulation and empirical studies

International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 531-545

  Rus, Ioana ^a   Halling, Michael ^b   Biffl, Stefan ^c  

^a Fraunhofer Center Maryland   (United States)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Decision making support; Empirical models; Process simulation; Software quality planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLANNING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING SUPPORT; EMPERICAL MODELS; PROCESS SIMULATION; SOFTWARE QUALITY PLANNING;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0348146383     PISSN: 02181940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218194003001391     Document Type: Article

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