Systematically combining process simulation and empirical data in support of decision analysis in software development

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 27, Issue , 2002, Pages 827-833

  Rus, Ioana ^a   Biffl, Stefan ^b   Halling, Michael ^c  

^a Fraunhofer Center Maryland   (United States)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

decision support systems; discrete event modeling; empirical studies; inspections; process modeling and simulation; re inspections

Indexed keywords

COMBINING PROCESS; CONTEXT DEPENDENT; DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MODELS; DISCRETE EVENT MODELING; EMPIRICAL DATA; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EXPLICIT MODELS; GENERAL MODEL; PARAMETER VARIATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROCESS MODELING; RE-INSPECTION; RE-INSPECTIONS; SIMULATION FRAMEWORK; SIMULATION RESULT; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; VARIABLE SPACE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ENGINEERING; INSPECTION; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 77953765621     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/568760.568901     Document Type: Conference Paper

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