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Requirement error abstraction and classification: an empirical study 需求错误的抽象与分类:实证研究

International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering Pub Date : 2006-09-21 DOI: 10.1145/1159733.1159784

G. Walia, Jeffrey C. Carver, T. Philip

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引用次数: 28

A case study on the application of UML in legacy development UML在遗留开发中的应用案例研究

International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering Pub Date : 2006-09-21 DOI: 10.1145/1159733.1159754

Bente Anda, K. Hansen

引用次数: 20

Testing and inspecting reusable product line components: first empirical results 测试和检查可重复使用的产品线组件:第一个实证结果

International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering Pub Date : 2006-09-21 DOI: 10.1145/1159733.1159762

C. Denger, R. Kolb

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引用次数: 35

An empirical evaluation of a testing and debugging methodology for Excel 一个实证评估的测试和调试方法的Excel

International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering Pub Date : 2006-09-21 DOI: 10.1145/1159733.1159775

Jeffrey C. Carver, M. Fisher, G. Rothermel

引用次数: 12

Drivers for software refactoring decisions 软件重构决策的驱动因素

International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering Pub Date : 2006-09-21 DOI: 10.1145/1159733.1159778

M. Mäntylä, C. Lassenius

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引用次数: 52

Evaluating the practical use of different measurement scales in requirements prioritisation 评估需求优先级中不同度量尺度的实际使用

International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering Pub Date : 2006-09-21 DOI: 10.1145/1159733.1159782

L. Karlsson, Martin Höst, B. Regnell

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引用次数: 32

Cross-company and single-company effort models using the ISBSG database: a further replicated study 使用ISBSG数据库的跨公司和单公司工作模型:进一步的复制研究

International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering Pub Date : 2006-09-21 DOI: 10.1145/1159733.1159747

C. Lokan, E. Mendes

引用次数: 59

Defects in automotive use cases 汽车用例中的缺陷

International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering Pub Date : 2006-09-21 DOI: 10.1145/1159733.1159753

Fredrik Törner, Martin Ivarsson, Fredrik Pettersson, Peter Öhman

引用次数: 19

Common refactorings, a dependency graph and some code smells: an empirical study of Java OSS 常见重构、依赖关系图和一些代码气味:Java OSS的实证研究

International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering Pub Date : 2006-09-21 DOI: 10.1145/1159733.1159777

S. Counsell, Y. Hassoun, G. Loizou, R. Najjar

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引用次数: 43

An industrial case study of structural testing applied to safety-critical embedded software 结构测试应用于安全关键嵌入式软件的工业案例研究

International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering Pub Date : 2006-09-21 DOI: 10.1145/1159733.1159774

J. Guan, A. Offutt, P. Ammann

引用次数: 25