Information theoretic evaluation of change prediction models for large-scale software

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 126-132

  Askari, Mina ^a   Holt, Ric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

evaluation approach; information theory; prediction models

Indexed keywords

CHANGE PREDICTION; CROSS ENTROPY; EVALUATION APPROACH; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; INFORMATION-THEORETIC APPROACH; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SOURCE SYSTEM; PREDICTION MODEL; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; ZIPF DISTRIBUTION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; FORECASTING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; OPEN SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 77954022233     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1137983.1138013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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