Software management and cost estimating error

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-42

  Lederer, Albert L ^a   Prasad, Jayesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

COST ESTIMATING; SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033639553     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(99)00074-6     Document Type: Article

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