Software Development Cost Estimation Using Function Points

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 275-287

  Barrett, Bruce E ^a   Mellichamp, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

cost estimation; Function points; regression analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COSTS; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COST ESTIMATION; FUNCTION POINTS; PREDICTION MODELS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0028418767     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.277575     Document Type: Article

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