Software development effort and cost estimation (SDECE) is one of the most important tasks
in the field of software engineering. A large number of research papers have been published …

At an early stage in the development process, a development team must obtain insight into
the software being developed to establish a reliable plan. Thus, the team members should …

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are rapidly developing these days and are expected
to impact the field of project management on multiple levels; however, there remains a high …

Software Project Estimation is a challenging and important activity in developing software
projects. Software Project Estimation includes Software Time Estimation, Software Resource …

In this article, two different architectures of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) are proposed as
an efficient tool for predicting and estimating software effort. Artificial Neural Networks, as a …

In software engineering, the planning and budgeting stages of a software project are of great
importance to all stakeholders, including project managers as well as clients. The estimated …

Project management planning and assessment are of great significance in project
performance activities. Without a realistic and logical plan, it isn't easy to handle project …

Accurate Software Effort Estimation is of high importance with regard to Software Project
Management. It can be specified as the process for predicting Effort regarding costs, needed …

Scientific communities are still motivated to create novel approaches and methodologies for
early estimation of software project development efforts and testing efforts in soft computing …

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 …