Valuating software service development: Integrating COCOMO II and real options theory

First International Workshop on the Economics of Software and Computation, ESC'07

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 8-10

  Tansey, Brendan ^a   Stroulia, Eleni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COSTS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; WEB SERVICES;

COMPUTING SCIENCE; SERVICE-ORIENTED APPLICATIONS; SOFTWARE SERVICE; SOURCE CODE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 36048952365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ESC.2007.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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