Estimating software readiness using predictive models

Information Sciences

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 430-445

  Quah, Tong Seng ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Business tier; Data access tier; Defect tracking; Genetic net; Neural network; Prediction; Presentation logic tier; Software metrics; Software readiness

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; CODES (SYMBOLS); DEFECTS; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE TESTING;

BUSINESS TIER; DATA ACCESS TIER; DEFECT TRACKING; GENETIC NET; PREDICTION; PRESENTATION LOGIC TIER; SOFTWARE METRICS; SOFTWARE READINESS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 56949083610     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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