Comparison of artificial neural network and regression models in software effort estimation

IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 771-776

  De Barcelos Tronto, Iris Fabiana ^a   Simões Da Silva, José Demísio ^a   Sant'Anna, Nilson ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BACKPROPAGATION; COST REDUCTION; COSTS; ESTIMATION; FINANCE; FOOD PROCESSING; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; EFFORT ESTIMATION; ESTIMATION METHODS; JOINT CONFERENCE; PRODUCT QUALITIES; REGRESSION MODELLING; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES; SOFTWARE EFFORT ESTIMATION; SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 51949115475     PISSN: 10987576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IJCNN.2007.4371055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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