Modelling the probabilistic behaviour of function point analysis

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 59-68

  Yau, Chuk ^a   Tsoi, Ho Leung ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Function point analysis; Fuzzy B spline function; Fuzzy concept; Jacobian joint distribution; Software sizing

Indexed keywords

FORMAL LOGIC; FUNCTIONS; FUZZY SETS; PROBABILITY;

POINT ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE SIZING;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032066079     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-5849(98)00032-9     Document Type: Article

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