Ensemble imputation methods for missing software engineering data

Proceedings - International Software Metrics Symposium

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 271-280

  Twala, Bhekisipho ^a   Cartwright, Michelle ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision trees; Ensemble; Imputation; Incomplete data; Machine learning; Software prediction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

DECISION TREES; ENSEMBLE; IMPUTATION METHOD; INCOMPLETE DATA; SOFTWARE PREDICTION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33749051840     PISSN: 15301435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/METRICS.2005.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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