Alternative methods using similarities in software effort Estimation

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 59-68

  Kosti, Makrina Viola ^a   Mittas, Nikolaos ^a   Angelis, Lefteris ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bregmanian bi stochastication; Estimation by analogy; Iterative algorithms; Keywords software effort estimation; Sinkhorn knopp

Indexed keywords

BREGMANIAN BI-STOCHASTICATION; ESTIMATION BY ANALOGY; ITERATIVE ALGORITHM; SINKHORN - KNOPP; SOFTWARE EFFORT ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHMS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COST ESTIMATING;

EID: 84867698238     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2365324.2365333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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