Software cost estimation using soft computing approaches

Handbook of Research on Machine Learning Applications and Trends: Algorithms, Methods, and Techniques

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 499-518

  Vinaykumar, K ^a   Ravi, V ^a   Carr, Mahil ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH IN BANKING TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-766-9.ch024     Document Type: Chapter

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