A model for estimating efforts required for developing small-scale business applications

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-14

  Heiat, Abbas ^a   Heiat, Nafisseh ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY BILLINGS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FUNCTION POINTS (FP);

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031258192     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(96)00159-8     Document Type: Article

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