If it is software engineering, it is (probably) a Bayesian factor

Abstract For more than two decades, we have witnessed how software is developed in the industry and later conducted empirical research in academia to build predictive models, mine software repositories, and perform various software analytics tasks to help software development teams make evidence-based decisions.

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