Using evolutionary based approaches to estimate software development effort

Evolutionary Computation and Optimization Algorithms in Software Engineering: Applications and Techniques

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 13-28

  Ferrucci, Filomena ^a   Gravino, Carmine ^a   Oliveto, Rocco ^a   Sarro, Federica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

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EID: 84865629271     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-809-8.ch002     Document Type: Chapter

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