Exploring case-based reasoning for web hypermedia project cost estimation

International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-143

  Mendes, Emilia ^a,d   Mosley, Nile ^b   Counsell, Steve ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MetriQ Limited   (New Zealand)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d WETA (Web Engineering Technology and Applications) Research Group   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Case based reasoning; Prediction models; Web effort prediction; Web hypermedia; Web hypermedia metrics

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CASED-BASED REASONING; PREDICTION MODELS; WEB EFFORT PREDICTION; WEB HYPERMEDIA; WEB HYPERMEDIA METRICS;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 24344466269     PISSN: 14761289     EISSN: 17419212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWET.2005.007467     Document Type: Article

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