Assessing variation in development effort consistency using a data source with missing data

Software Quality Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-89

  Moses, John ^a   Farrow, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Development Type; Deviance statistic; Function Points; Language Type; Linear regression models; MAR; MCAR; Negative log likelihood statistic; RSQ Adjusted

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DATA STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDS;

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; DEVELOPMENT TYPE; DEVIANCE STATISTICS; FUNCTION POINTS; LANGUAGE TYPE; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; MAR; MCAR; NEGATIVE LIKELIHOOD STATISTICS; RSQ ADJUSTED;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 17444405971     PISSN: 09639314     EISSN: 15731367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11219-004-5261-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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