SEffEst: Effort estimation in software projects using fuzzy logic and neural networks

International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 679-699

  González Carrasco, Israel ^a   Colomo Palacios, Ricardo ^a   López Cuadrado, José Luis ^a   Peñalvo, Francisco José García ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Effort Estimation; Fuzzy Logic; Neural Networks; Software Engineering

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES; EFFORT ESTIMATION; PREDICTION ACCURACY; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT EFFORT; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; SOFTWARE PROJECT; SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

NEURAL NETWORKS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 84864695800     PISSN: 18756891     EISSN: 18756883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18756891.2012.718118     Document Type: Article

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