Uncertainty: A meta-property of software

Proceedings of the 2005 29th Annual IEEE/NASA Software Engineering Workshop, SEW'05

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 228-233

  Laplante, Phillip A ^a   Neill, Colin J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Software quality; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

METAPROPERTIES; SOFTWARE ARTIFACTS; SOFTWARE QUALITY; UNCERTAINTY;

CODES (STANDARDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SPECIFICATIONS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 33646940814     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SEW.2005.48     Document Type: Conference Paper

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