Improving dynamic calibration through statistical process control

IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, ICSM

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 273-282

  Baldassarre, Maria Teresa ^a   Boffoli, Nicola ^a   Caivano, Danilo ^a   Visaggio, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ESTIMATION MODELS; INDUSTRIAL DATA; MAINTENANCE SOFTWARE PROJECT ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL (SPC);

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 33646915753     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSM.2005.53     Document Type: Conference Paper

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