In this paper, we review current requirements engineering (RE) research and identify future
research directions suggested by emerging software needs. First, we overview the state of …

Context Use cases have been widely accepted and acknowledged as a specification tool for
specifying the functional requirements of a software system. Many variations of use cases …

Software estimation is a tedious and daunting task in project management and software
development. Software estimators are notorious in predicting software effort and they have …

This study investigates the significance of use case points (UCP) variables and the influence
of the complexity of multiple linear regression models on software size estimation and …

We consider the following problem: how can two devices that do not share any secrets
establish a shared secret key over a wireless radio channel in the presence of a …

CONTEXT: The Use Case Points (UCP) method can be used to estimate software
development effort based on a use-case model and two sets of adjustment factors relating to …

Early software effort estimation is a hallmark of successful software project management.
Building a reliable effort estimation model usually requires historical data. Unfortunately …

Context: Effort estimation is one of the essential phases that must be accurately predicted in
the early stage of software project development. Currently, solving problems that affect the …

Software developers frequently rely on use cases to describe the business processes of
object-oriented projects. Since use cases consist of the strategic goals and scenarios that …

Ensembles of learning machines are promising for software effort estimation (SEE), but need
to be tailored for this task to have their potential exploited. A key issue when creating …