Effort estimation modeling techniques: A case study for web applications

ICWE'06: The Sixth International Conference on Web Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 9-16

  Costagliola, G ^a   Di Martino, S ^a   Ferrucci, F ^a   Gravino, C ^a   Tortora, G ^a   Vitiello, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Effort prediction models; Empirical validation; Size metrics; Web applications

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EFFORT PREDICTION MODELS; EMPIRICAL VALIDATION; SIZE METRICS; WEB APPLICATIONS;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 34250646633     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1145581.1145584     Document Type: Conference Paper

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