The nature of evidence in empirical software engineering

Proceedings - 11th Annual International Workshop on Software Technology and Engineering Practice, STEP 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 40-47

  Segal, J ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer industry; Conferences; Costs; Engineering management; Humans; Mathematics; Software engineering; Software measurement; Software quality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COSTS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER INDUSTRY; CONFERENCES; ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

COST ENGINEERING;

EID: 26044444785     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/STEP.2003.33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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