Ensemble of missing data techniques to improve software prediction accuracy

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 909-912

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

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA HANDLING; DECISION TREES; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

ENSEMBLES; INCOMPLETE DATA; MISSING DATA TECHNIQUES (MDT); SOFTWARE PREDICTION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34247112428     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1134285.1134449     Document Type: Conference Paper

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