Software estimation models should support managerial decision making in software projects. We experience that most of current models do not achieve this goal to the extend manager...
Due to their characteristics and claimed advantages, several researchers have been investigating free and open-source projects. Different aspects are being studied: for instance, ...
Samuel Felix de Sousa Jr., Marco Antonio Balieiro,...
Software projects often fail because stakeholder communication and involvement are inadequate. This paper proposes a novel method to understand project social networks and their c...
— Managing security projects is a delicate activity due to the evolution of attacks. In this paper, we develop a new methodology for estimating security effort based on algebraic...
The scale-free network shown in the small world phenomenon indicates that our human society consists of a small number of people who play the role of hubs linked with many nodes (...