A Bayesian network approach to assess and predict software quality using activity-based quality models

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1230-1241

  Wagner, Stefan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity based quality model; Bayesian network; Quality assessment; Quality prediction

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY-BASED; BAYESIAN; BREAK DOWN; NASA PROJECTS; OPEN SOURCE SYSTEM; QUALITATIVE KNOWLEDGE; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; QUALITY MODELS; QUALITY PREDICTION; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; FORECASTING; INFERENCE ENGINES; INTELLIGENT NETWORKS; NASA; OPEN SYSTEMS; PROPULSION; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 77956403351     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2010.03.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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