Predictive accuracy comparison of fuzzy models for software development effort of small programs

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 949-960

  López Martín, Cuauhtémoc ^a   Yáñez Márquez, Cornelio ^a   Gutiérrez Tornés, Agustín ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Linear regression; Personal software process; Software effort estimation; Software engineering education

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR REGRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

PERSONAL SOFTWARE PROCESS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 42049095039     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.08.027     Document Type: Article

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