A systematic review of software development cost estimation studies

M Jorgensen, M Shepperd - IEEE Transactions on software …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper aims to provide a basis for the improvement of software-estimation research
through a systematic review of previous work. The review identifies 304 software cost …

A comparison of software effort estimation techniques: Using function points with neural networks, case-based reasoning and regression models

GR Finnie, GE Wittig, JM Desharnais - Journal of systems and software, 1997 - Elsevier
Estimating software development effort remains a complex problem attracting considerable
research attention. Improving the estimation techniques available to project managers would …

Estimating software project effort using analogies

M Shepperd, C Schofield - IEEE Transactions on software …, 1997 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate project effort prediction is an important goal for the software engineering
community. To date most work has focused upon building algorithmic models of effort, for …

Software measurement: A necessary scientific basis

N Fenton - IEEE Transactions on software engineering, 1994 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software measurement, like measurement in any other discipline, must adhere to the
science of measurement if it is to gain widespread acceptance and validity. The observation …

Comparison of artificial neural network and regression models for estimating software development effort

A Heiat - Information and software Technology, 2002 - Elsevier
Estimating the amount of effort required for developing an information system is an important
project management concern. In recent years, a number of studies have used neural …

[图书][B] Function point analysis: measurement practices for successful software projects

D Garmus, D Herron - 2001 - dl.acm.org
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Simplifying effort estimation based on Use Case Points

M Ochodek, J Nawrocki, K Kwarciak - Information and Software Technology, 2011 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: The Use Case Points (UCP) method can be used to estimate software
development effort based on a use-case model and two sets of adjustment factors relating to …

Estimating software development effort based on use cases—experiences from industry

B Anda, H Dreiem, DIK Sjøberg… - ≪ UML≫ 2001—The …, 2001 - Springer
Use case models are used in object-oriented analysis for capturing and describing the
functional requirements of a system. Several methods for estimating software development …

Class point: an approach for the size estimation of object-oriented systems

G Costagliola, F Ferrucci, G Tortora… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present an FP-like approach, named class point, which was conceived to
estimate the size of object-oriented products. In particular, two measures are proposed …

Making resource decisions for software projects

N Fenton, W Marsh, M Neil, P Cates… - Proceedings. 26th …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software metrics should support managerial decision making in software projects. We
explain how traditional metrics approaches, such as regression-based models for cost …