Predicting project velocity in XP using a learning dynamic Bayesian network model

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 124-137

  Hearty, Peter ^a   Fenton, Norman ^a   Marquez, David ^a   Neil, Martin ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian nets; Causal models; Extreme programming; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; FORECASTING; INFERENCE ENGINES; INTELLIGENT NETWORKS; MARINE BIOLOGY; PROGRAMMING THEORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

BAYESIAN; BAYESIAN NETS; BAYESIAN NETWORK MODELS; CAUSAL MODELS; EFFORT PREDICTIONS; EXPERT JUDGMENTS; EXTREME PROGRAMMING; INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS; PROJECT DATUM; SOFTWARE EFFORT PREDICTIONS; SPARSE DATUM;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 60449107898     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2008.76     Document Type: Article

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