Software process evaluation: A machine learning approach

2011 26th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2011, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 333-342

  Chen, Ning ^a   Hoi, Steven C H ^a   Xiao, Xiaokui ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

defect management process; machine learning; sequence classification; software process

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; DEFECT MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; INDUSTRIAL SOFTWARE; MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES; MACHINE-LEARNING; QUALITATIVE EVALUATIONS; QUALITY OF SOFTWARES; QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SEMI-AUTOMATED; SEQUENCE CLASSIFICATION; SOFTWARE PROCESS;

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DEFECTS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84855456136     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ASE.2011.6100070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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