Abstract The Software Effort Estimation (SEE) process has been approached in different
ways in the literature, including models built from Machine Learning (ML). The combination …

Abstract Background The measurement of Function Points is based on Base Functional
Components. The process of identifying and weighting Base Functional Components is …

Some size measures have been proposed in the literature to be employed in estimating
Web application development effort, but to date few empirical studies have been undertaken …

Software effort estimation is still a significant challenge for software management. Although
Functional Size Measurement (FSM) methods have been standardized and have become …

Data quality is an important issue which has been addressed and recognised in research
communities such as data warehousing, data mining and information systems. It has been …

The aim of the paper is to investigate to what extend some COSMIC-based approximate
countings can be useful for project managers to early estimate effort of Web applications. We …

Abstract Although Functional Size Measurement (FSM) methods have become widely used
by the software organizations, the functional size based effort estimation still needs further …

The COSMIC method is based on the counting of data movements from/to persistent storage
and users. This requires some kind of data analysis to identify data groups. Project …

Agile became one of the most used 'buzzwords' in ICT projects in these recent years but the
growing diffusion and interest of its related methods and techniques was not accompanied …

Estimation is still a challenging process for planning and managing software projects. Often,
estimates are being done on experiential or analogous basis or using effort estimation …