Neural networks in specification level software size estimation

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue , 1993, Pages 626-634

  Hakkarainen, Juha ^a   Laamanen, Petteri ^a   Rask, Raimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHIC METHODS; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS;

CONVERGENCE CRITERION; FUNCTION POINT; METRIC VALUES; MULTILAYER FEEDFORWARD NETWORKS; SOFTWARE SIZE ESTIMATION; STRUCTURED ANALYSIS; SYSTEM DESCRIPTION; TRAINING AND TESTING;

BACKPROPAGATION ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84989241820     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.1993.284242     Document Type: Conference Paper

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