A fine parameter tuning for COCOMO 81 software effort estimation using particle swarm optimization

Journal of Software Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-48

  Hari, C V M K ^a   Prasad Reddy, P V G D ^b  

^a GITAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Constructive cost model; Kilo delivered lines of code; Optimization; Particle swarm; Person months; Software effort estimation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTIVE COST MODELS; LINES OF CODE; PARTICLE SWARM; PERSON MONTHS; SOFTWARE EFFORT ESTIMATION;

ESTIMATION; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

EID: 79960863562     PISSN: 18194311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jse.2011.38.48     Document Type: Article

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