Estimating software effort based on use case point model using Sugeno Fuzzy Inference System

Proceedings - International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, ICTAI

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 393-398

  Nassif, Ali Bou ^a   Capretz, Luiz Fernando ^a   Ho, Danny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NFA ESTIMATION INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early software estimation; Software engineering; Sugeno fuzzy logic; Use case points

Indexed keywords

COST AND SCHEDULE; ESTIMATING SOFTWARE; FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEMS; FUZZY LOGIC APPROACH; REGRESSION MODEL; SOFTWARE DEVELOPER; SOFTWARE EFFORT ESTIMATION; SOFTWARE ESTIMATION; SOFTWARE LIFE CYCLES; USE CASE POINTS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; ESTIMATION; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 84855770664     PISSN: 10823409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTAI.2011.64     Document Type: Conference Paper

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