Using empirical knowledge from replicated experiments for software process simulation: A practical example

Proceedings - 2003 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering, ISESE 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 18-27

  Munch J ^a   Armbrust, O ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER IESE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Context modeling; Costs; Engineering management; Humans; Inspection; NASA; Process planning; Programming; Project management; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INSPECTION; LABORATORIES; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; NASA; PROCESS PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

CONTEXT MODELING; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; ENGINEERING LABORATORIES; ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; REPLICATED EXPERIMENT; SOFTWARE PROCESS SIMULATION; UNIVERSITY OF KAISERSLAUTERN;

COST ENGINEERING;

EID: 27844574981     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISESE.2003.1237961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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