A model for software development effort and cost estimation

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 485-497

  Pillai, Krishnakumar ^a   Sukumaran Nair, V S ^a  

^a Southern Methodist University   (United States)

Author keywords

Completion time; Development time; Early prediction; Gamma model; Manpower; Norden rayleigh model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001657482     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.624305     Document Type: Article

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