Practical large scale what-if queries: Case studies with software risk assessment

Proceedings ASE 2000: 15th IEEE International Conference on Automated Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 165-173

  Menzies, T ^a   Sinsel, E ^a  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

COCOMO II; decision support systems; ensemble learning; Machine learning; Monte Carlo simulations; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION TREES; FORESTRY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TREES (MATHEMATICS); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CASE-STUDIES; COCOMO II; ENSEMBLE LEARNING; GENERAL METHOD; SOFTWARE RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAIN PARAMETERS;

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EID: 84960900155     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ASE.2000.873661     Document Type: Conference Paper

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