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Application of mutual information-based sequential feature selection to ISBSG mixed data

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Fernández-Diego, M.; González-Ladrón-De-Guevara, F. (2018). Application of mutual information-based sequential feature selection to ISBSG mixed data. Software Quality Journal. 26(4):1299-1325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11219-017-9391-5

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Título: Application of mutual information-based sequential feature selection to ISBSG mixed data
Autor: Fernández-Diego, Marta González-Ladrón-de-Guevara, Fernando
Entidad UPV: Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Organización de Empresas - Departament d'Organització d'Empreses
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[EN] There is still little research work focused on feature selection (FS) techniques including both categorical and continuous features in Software Development Effort Estimation (SDEE) literature. This paper addresses the ...[+]
Palabras clave: Feature selection , Mutual information , ISBSG , Software development effort estimation , K-nearest neighbor
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Software Quality Journal. (issn: 0963-9314 )
DOI: 10.1007/s11219-017-9391-5
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Springer-Verlag
Versión del editor: http://doi.org/10.1007/s11219-017-9391-5
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