Software estimating models: Three viewpoints

CrossTalk

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 23-28

  Jensen, Randall W ^a,d   Putnam Sr , Lawrence H ^b,e,f,g   Roetzheim, William ^c,h  

^a Software Technology Support Center   (United States)

^b Quantitative Software Management

^c Cost Xpert Group Inc ^*  (United States)

^d Hill Air Force Base   (United States)

^e Sigma Xi   (United States)

^f IEEE

^g Quantitative Software Management   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COST ACCOUNTING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SCHEDULING;

CONSISTENCY; SCHEDULE ESTIMATION; SOFTWARE COSTS; SOFTWARE ESTIMATING MODELS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 33745284287     PISSN: 21601577     EISSN: 21601593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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