Replicating studies on cross- vs single-company effort models using the ISBSG Database

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-37

  Mendes, Emilia ^a   Lokan, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross company estimation models; Effort estimation; Experimental procedure; Regression based estimation models; Replication study; Single company estimation model; Software projects

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EFFORT ESTIMATION; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; REPLICATION STUDY; SOFTWARE PROJECTS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 37649019561     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: 15737616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10664-007-9045-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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