Quasi-optimal case-selective neural network model for software effort estimation

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-14

  Jun, Eung Sup ^a   Lee, Jae Kyu ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Beam search; Case set hierarchy; Case set selection algorithm; Reduced neural network model; Sensitivity of beam width; Software effort estimation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

SOFTWARE EFFORT ESTIMATION;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0035398715     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4174(01)00021-5     Document Type: Article

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