Observational studies to accelerate process experience in classroom studies: An evaluation

Proceedings - 2003 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering, ISESE 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 72-79

  Carver, J ^a   Shull, F ^b   Basili, V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Fraunhofer USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Computer science; Image analysis; Industrial training; Inspection; Programming; Software engineering; Software measurement; Software quality; Testing

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSPECTION; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; QUALITY CONTROL; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TESTING;

CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT; EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL TRAINING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT; SOFTWARE QUALITY; STATE OF THE PRACTICE; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 84944325823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISESE.2003.1237966     Document Type: Conference Paper

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