Comparing cost prediction models by resampling techniques

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 616-632

  Mittas, Nikolaos ^a   Angelis, Lefteris ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accuracy measure; Bootstrap; Confidence interval; Permutation test; Software cost estimation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ACCURACY MEASURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; PERMUTATION TEST; SOFTWARE COST ESTIMATION;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 40749083063     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.07.039     Document Type: Article

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