Comparing size measures for predicting Web application development effort: A case study

Proceedings - 1st International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, ESEM 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 324-333

  Di Martino, Sergio ^a   Ferrucci, Filomena ^a   Gravino, Carmine ^a   Mendes, Emilia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITS; FOOD PROCESSING; FORECASTING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CASE STUDIES; EMPIRICAL ANALYSES; EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; PREDICTION TECHNIQUES; SEVERAL MEASURES; SIZE MEASURING; SOFTWARE COMPANIES; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS; STEPWISE REGRESSION; WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT; WEB APPLICATIONS; WEB DEVELOPMENT; WEB OBJECTS; WEB PROJECTS;

CASE BASED REASONING;

EID: 47949113657     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ESEM.2007.33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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