Adaptive fuzzy logic-based framework for software development effort prediction

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-48

  Ahmed, Moataz A ^a   Saliu, Moshood Omolade ^b   Alghamdi, Jarallah ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

COCOMO; Effort prediction; Fuzzy logic; Soft computing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; LIFE CYCLE; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

COCOMO MODEL; EFFORT PREDICTION; SOFT COMPUTING; SOFTWARE COST ESTIMATION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 9444246384     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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