An investigation of using neuro-fuzzy with software size estimation

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 51-58

  Wong, Justin ^a   Ho, Danny ^b   Capretz, Luiz Fernando ^c  

^a Quotemedia Ltd   (Canada)

^b NFA ESTIMATION INC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATEGORICAL DATA; HYBRID INTELLIGENT SYSTEM; NEURO-FUZZY; NEURO-FUZZY APPROACH; SOFTWARE SIZE ESTIMATION;

ESTIMATION; FUZZY LOGIC; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 78049469326     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WOSQ.2009.5071557     Document Type: Conference Paper

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