Estimating the effort to develop screen mockups

Proceedings - 39th Euromicro Conference Series on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 341-348

  Scanniello, Giuseppe ^a   Ricca, Filippo ^b   Torchiano, Marco ^c   Gravino, Carmine ^d   Reggio, Gianna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Empirical Studies; Requirements Engineering; Screen Mockups; Use Cases

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ESTIMATION MODELS; LEAVE-ONE-OUT CROSS VALIDATIONS; SIZE MEASURES; USE CASES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; MOCKUPS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84889001424     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SEAA.2013.52     Document Type: Conference Paper

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