Software development effort prediction: A study on the factors impacting the accuracy of fuzzy logic systems

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-109

  Muzaffar, Zeeshan ^a   Ahmed, Moataz A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LEROS Technologies Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

COCOMO; Effort prediction; Fuzzy logic; Imprecision; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COCOMO; DEVELOPMENT PHASIS; EFFORT PREDICTION; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EXPERT OPINION; FUZZY LOGIC SYSTEM; HISTORICAL DATA; IMPRECISION; PREDICTION ACCURACY; PREDICTION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT EFFORT; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERS; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; TRAINING ALGORITHMS; UNCERTAINTY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FUZZY SETS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 70350566636     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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