Evidence-based software engineering

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue , 2004, Pages 273-281

  Kitchenham, Barbara A ^a,c   Dybå, Tore ^b,d   Jørgensen, Magne ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d SINTEF ICT   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PURCHASING;

DRIVE-BY-WIRE APPLICATIONS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE (EBM); EVIDENCE-BASED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (EBSE); INFRASTRUCTURES;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 4544225764     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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