A comparison of size estimation techniques applied early in the life cycle

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 3281, Issue , 2004, Pages 184-194

  Demirörs, Onur ^a   Gencel, Çiǧdem ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS;

CRITICAL FACTORS; REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS; SIZE ESTIMATION; SOFTWARE PROJECT; SOFTWARE SIZE ESTIMATION;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 35048904119     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-30181-3_17     Document Type: Article

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