Empirical research methods in software engineering

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 2765, Issue , 2003, Pages 7-23

  Wohlin, Claes ^a   Höst, Martin ^b   Henningsson, Kennet ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOTIVATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH METHOD; ENGINEERING DECISIONS; ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE; ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES; POST MORTEM ANALYSIS; SOURCES OF INFORMATIONS; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 35248860817     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-45143-3_2     Document Type: Article

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