How accurately do engineers predict software maintenance tasks?

Computer

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 64-69

  Hatton, Les ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Software development

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EID: 33947369816     PISSN: 00189162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MC.2007.58     Document Type: Article

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