Comparison of various methods for handling incomplete data in software engineering databases

2005 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering, ISESE 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 105-114

  Twala, Bhekisipho ^a   Cartwright, Michelle ^a   Shepperd, Martin ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA HANDLING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

DECISION TREE; MISSING DATA TECHNIQUES (MDT); MULTIPLE IMPUTATION (MI); SOFTWARE PREDICTIVE ACCURACY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33749052909     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISESE.2005.1541819     Document Type: Conference Paper

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