On human analyst performance in assisted requirements tracing: Statistical analysis

Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE 19th International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 111-120

  Dekhtyar, Alex ^a   Dekhtyar, Olga ^a   Holden, Jeff ^a   Hayes, Jane Huffman ^b   Cuddeback, David ^a   Kong, Wei Keat ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

human factors; traceability; tracing

Indexed keywords

ERROR PRONES; FOCAL POINTS; MANUAL TRACING; SOFTWARE ASSURANCE; TRACEABILITY; TRACING; TRACING METHOD; TRACING PROCESS;

AUTOMATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

EID: 82455198987     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RE.2011.6051649     Document Type: Conference Paper

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