Can genetic programming improve software effort estimation? A comparative evaluation

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 863-873

  Burgess, Colin J ^a   Lefley, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case based reasoning; Genetic programming; Machine learning; Neural networks; Software effort estimation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROGRAMMING THEORY;

GENETIC PROGRAMMING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 0035892550     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-5849(01)00192-6     Document Type: Article

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