Using Bayesian belief networks to predict change propagation in software systems

IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 177-186

  Mirarab, Siavash ^a   Hassouna, Alaa ^a   Tahvildari, Ladan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANGE PROPAGATION; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 34948907392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPC.2007.41     Document Type: Conference Paper

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