Disaggregating and calibrating the CASE tool variable in COCOMO II

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1009-1022

  Baik, Jongmoon ^a   Boehm, Barry ^b   Steece, Bert M ^c  

^a MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; CASE (Computer Aided Software Engineering); Empirical studies; Prediction accuracy; Software cost models; Software metrics; Software productivity; Software tools

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; DATA PROCESSING; PRODUCTIVITY;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036857032     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2002.1049401     Document Type: Article

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