The use of a bayesian network for web effort estimation

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

Volumn 4607 LNCS, Issue , 2007, Pages 90-104

  Mendes, Emilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Effort accuracy; Web cost estimation; Web effort estimation

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EFFORT ACCURACY; WEB COST ESTIMATION; WEB EFFORT ESTIMATION;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 38348998900     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73597-7_8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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