Software quality prediction models compared

Proceedings - International Conference on Quality Software

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 82-91

  Lincke, Rüdiger ^a   Gutzmann, Tobias ^a   Löwe, Welf ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; QUALITY MODELS; SOFTWARE METRICS; SOFTWARE QUALITY PREDICTION; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE-BASED;

MAINTAINABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 77958169748     PISSN: 15506002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/QSIC.2010.9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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