Requirements-based estimation of change costs

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 229-243

  Lavazza, Luigi ^a   Valetto, Giuseppe ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Cefriel   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

COST ESTIMATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT; SOFTWARE PROCESS MODELING;

REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034315132     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026590615963     Document Type: Article

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