Costs and productivity estimation in computer engineering economics

Engineering Economist

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 229-241

  Benyahia, Hadj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ESTIMATION; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER ENGINEERING; FUNCTION POINT ANALYSIS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 0030100981     PISSN: 0013791X     EISSN: 15472701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00137919608967490     Document Type: Article

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