Table Of Contenttitle: Statistical Software Engineering
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publisher: National Academies Press
isbn10 | asin: 0309053447
print isbn13: 9780309053440
ebook isbn13: 9780585002101
language: English
subject Software engineering--Statistical methods.
publication date: 1996
lcc: QA76.758.N38 1996eb
ddc: 005.1
subject: Software engineering--Statistical methods.
The National Research Council established the Board on
Mathematical Sciences in 1984. The objectives of the Board are to
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Statistical Software Engineering
Panel on Statistical Methods in Software Engineering
Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics
Board on Mathematical Sciences
Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications
National Research Council
National Academy Press
Washington, D.C. 1996
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved
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PANEL ON STATISTICAL METHODS IN SOFTWARE
ENGINEERING
DARYL PREGIBON, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Chair
HERMAN CHERNOFF, Harvard University
BILL CURTIS, Carnegie Mellon University
SIDDHARTHA R. DALAL, Bellcore
GLORIA J. DAVIS, NASA-Ames Research Center
RICHARD A. DEMILLO, Bellcore
STEPHEN G. EICK, AT&T Bell Laboratories
BEV LITTLEWOOD, City University, London, England
CHITOOR V. RAMAMOORTHY, University of California, Berkeley
Staff
JOHN R. TUCKER, Director
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COMMITTEE ON APPLIED AND THEORETICAL STATISTICS
JON R. KETTENRING, Bellcore, Chair
RICHARD A. BERK, University of California, Los Angeles
LAWRENCE D. BROWN, University of Pennsylvania
NICHOLAS P. JEWELL, University of California, Berkeley
JAMES D. KUELBS, University of Wisconsin
JOHN LEHOCZKY, Carnegie Mellon University
DARYL PREGIBON, AT&T Bell Laboratories
FRITZ SCHEUREN, George Washington University
J. LAURIE SNELL, Dartmouth College
ELIZABETH THOMPSON, University of Washington
Staff
JACK ALEXANDER, Program Officer
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BOARD ON MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
AVNER FRIEDMAN, University of Minnesota, Chair
LOUIS AUSLANDER, City University of New York
HYMAN BASS, Columbia University
MARY ELLEN BOCK, Purdue University
PETER E. CASTRO, Eastman Kodak Company
FAN R.K. CHUNG, University of Pennsylvania
R. DUNCAN LUCE, University of California, Irvine
SUSAN MONTGOMERY, University of Southern California
GEORGE NEMHAUSER, Georgia Institute of Technology
ANIL NERODE, Cornell University
IMGRAM OLKIN, Stanford University
RONALD F. PEIERLS, Brookhaven National Laboratory
DONALD ST. P. RICHARDS, University of Virginia
MARY F. WHEELER, Rice University
WILLIAM P. ZIEMER, Indiana University
Ex Officio Member
JON R. KETTENRING, Bellcore
Chair, Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics
Staff
JOHN R. TUCKER, Director
JACK ALEXANDER, Program Officer
RUTH E. O'BRIEN, Staff Associate
BARBARA W. WRIGHT, Administrative Assistant
