The Conundrum of Software Estimation Models

IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 23-29

  Ferens, Daniel V ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

SOFTWARE ESTIMATION MODELS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033096737     PISSN: 08858985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/62.750425     Document Type: Article

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