Function point sizing: Structure, validity and applicability

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-30

  Jeffery, Ross ^a   Stathis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Client server; Complexity adjustment; Effort model; Function points; Software size

Indexed keywords

CLIENT SERVER; COMPLEXITY ADJUSTMENT; EFFORT MODEL; FUNCTION POINTS; SOFTWARE SIZE;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; PRODUCTIVITY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0029746756     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00125809     Document Type: Article

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