A replication of the use of regression towards the mean (R2M) as an adjustment to effort estimation models

Proceedings - International Software Metrics Symposium

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 351-360

  Shepperd, Martin ^a   Cartwright, Michelle ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empirical analysis; Estimation by analogy; Project management; Regression towards the mean; Replication; Software project effort estimation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SET THEORY;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HOMOGENEOUS SUBSETS; REPLICATION; SOFTWARE PROJECT EFFORT ESTIMATION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33749077742     PISSN: 15301435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/METRICS.2005.5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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