The Function Point Method, estimation by analogy, and algorithmic modeling are three of the most commonly applied methods used to estimate the costs and worker hours neededfor a s...
Abstract. This paper describes enhancements being made to the University of Southern California’s COnstructive COTS (COCOTS) integration cost model to address security concerns. ...
Donald J. Reifer, Barry W. Boehm, Murali Gangadhar...
: In this article we present a method for estimating the effort of software projects following an evolutionary, object-oriented development paradigm. Effort calculation is based on...
Techniques for reliably estimating development efforts are a fundamental requirement for a wide-scale dissemination of ontologies in business contexts. In this paper we account fo...