Software maintenance project delays prediction using Bayesian Networks

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 908-919

  de Melo, Ana C V ^a   Sanchez, Adilson J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Banco Itaú ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bayesian Belief Networks; Project delay estimation; Software management

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RELIABILITY THEORY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

KNOWLEDGE-BASED REPRESENTATION; PROJECT DELAY ESTIMATION; SERVICES RELIABILITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 36248973174     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2006.10.040     Document Type: Article

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