Connectionist models for learning, discovering, and forecasting software effort: An empirical study

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-14

  Pendharkar, Parag C ^a   Subramanian, Girish H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectionist Models Artificial Neural Networks; Data Mining; Integrated CASE Tools; Software Effort Estimation; Systems Development

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIONIST MODELS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA);

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA STRUCTURES; EXPERT SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

DATA MINING;

EID: 0036759314     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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