Using chronological splitting to compare cross- and single-company effort models: Further investigation

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 91, Issue , 2009, Pages 47-54

  Lokan, Chris ^a   Mendes, Emilia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chronological Splitting; Cost estimation; Cross company data; Effort estimation; Estimation accuracy; Single company data

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGICAL SPLITTING; COST ESTIMATIONS; CROSS-COMPANY DATA; EFFORT ESTIMATION; SINGLE-COMPANY DATA;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; ESTIMATION;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84868711954     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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