Predicting weekly defect inflow in large software projects based on project planning and test status

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 782-796

  Staron, Miroslaw ^a   Meding, Wilhelm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Defects; Predictions; Software metrics

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; FAULT DETECTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

DEFECT DATABASE; SOFTWARE METRICS; SOFTWARE PROJECTS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 42949104043     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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