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Software effort estimation requires high accuracy, but accurate estimations are difficult to achieve. Increasingly, data mining is used to improve an organization's software process quality, e. g. the accuracy of effort estimations . There…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2013-10-22 Sumeet Kaur Sehra , Jasneet Kaur , Sukhjit Singh Sehra

Good software cost prediction is important for effective project management such as budgeting, project planning and control. In this paper, we present an intelligent approach to software cost prediction. By integrating the neuro-fuzzy…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-08-04 Xishi Huang , Luiz Fernando Capretz , Danny Ho , Jing Ren

Software development effort estimation is considered a fundamental task for software development life cycle as well as for managing project cost, time and quality. Therefore, accurate estimation is a substantial factor in projects success…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-08-11 Nazeeh Ghatasheh , Hossam Faris , Ibrahim Aljarah , Rizik M. H. Al-Sayyed

The need to update the calibration of Function Point (FP) complexity weights is discussed, whose aims are to fit specific software application, to reflect software industry trend, and to improve cost estimation. Neuro-Fuzzy is a technique…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-07-27 Wei Xia , Danny Ho , Luiz Fernando Capretz

Software development effort estimation is one of the most major activities in software project management. A number of models have been proposed to construct a relationship between software size and effort; however we still have problems…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2010-07-27 P. V. G. D. Prasad Reddy , K. R. Sudha , P. Rama Sree , S. N. S. V. S. C. Ramesh

According to a study of The Standish Group International, 44% of software projects cost more and last longer than expected. More accurate the effort estimation is; the better the enterprise gets organized and the more the software project…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-09-03 S Laqrichi , Didier Gourc , François Marmier

Software estimation is one of the most important activities in the software project. The software effort estimation is required in the early stages of software life cycle. Project Failure is the major problem undergoing nowadays as seen by…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-09-04 Akanksha Baghel , Meemansa Rathod , Pradeep Singh

Software effort estimation in the early stages of the software life cycle is one of the most essential and daunting tasks for project managers. In this research, a new model based on non-linear regression analysis is proposed to predict…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-03-24 Ali Bou Nassif , Manar AbuTaleb , Luiz Fernando Capretz

Developing software projects allows students to put knowledge into practice and gain teamwork skills. However, assessing student performance in project-oriented courses poses significant challenges, particularly as the size of classes…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-05-02 Anna Ogorodova , Pakizar Shamoi , Aron Karatayev

Software project estimation is crucial aspect in delivering software on time and on budget. Software size is an important metric in determining the effort, cost, and productivity. Today, source lines of code and function point are the most…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-08-26 Justin Wong , Danny Ho , Luiz Fernando Capretz

Software cost estimation is one of the prerequisite managerial activities carried out at the software development initiation stages and also repeated throughout the whole software life-cycle so that amendments to the total cost are made. In…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-12-21 Efi Papatheocharous , Harris Papadopoulos , Andreas S. Andreou

The aims of our research are to evaluate the prediction performance of the proposed neuro-fuzzy model with System Evaluation and Estimation of Resource Software Estimation Model (SEER-SEM) in software estimation practices and to apply the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-07-27 Wei Lin Du , Danny Ho , Luiz Fernando Capretz

Predicting the time to build software is a very complex task for software engineering managers. There are complex factors that can directly interfere with the productivity of the development team. Factors directly related to the complexity…

Development effort is an undeniable part of the project management which considerably influences the success of project. Inaccurate and unreliable estimation of effort can easily lead to the failure of project. Due to the special…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2012-09-13 Elham Khatibi , Roliana Ibrahim

Effort estimation models are a fundamental tool in software management, and used as a forecast for resources, constraints and costs associated to software development. For Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) projects, effort estimation is…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-03-21 Gregorio Robles , Andrea Capiluppi , Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona , Bjorn Lundell , Jonas Gamalielsson

Estimation by Analogy (EBA) is an increasingly active research method in the area of software engineering. The fundamental assumption of this method is that the similar projects in terms of attribute values will also be similar in terms of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2017-03-21 Mohammad Azzeh

Software development effort estimation is one of the most critical aspect in software development process, as the success or failure of the entire project depends on the accuracy of estimations. Researchers are still conducting studies on…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Sisay Deresa Sima , Ayalew Belay Habtie

Accurate estimation of project costs and durations remains a pivotal challenge in software engineering, directly impacting budgeting and resource management. Traditional estimation techniques, although widely utilized, often fall short due…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Justin Carpenter , Chia-Ying Wu , Nasir U. Eisty

Software quality assurance has been a heated topic for several decades. If factors that influence software quality can be identified, they may provide more insight for better software development management. More precise quality assurance…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-07-27 Jie Xu , Danny Ho , Luiz Fernando Capretz

The software product line aims at the effective utilization of software assets, reducing the time required to deliver a product, improving the quality, and decreasing the cost of software products. Organizations trying to incorporate this…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-07-27 Faheem Ahmed , Luiz Fernando Capretz