Analogy-Based Estimation (ABE) is one of the promising estimation models used for
predicting the software development effort. Researchers proposed different variants of the …

Software development effort estimation (SDEE) is a critical activity in developing software.
Accurate effort estimation in the early phases of software design life cycle has important …

Among meta-heuristic algorithms, differential evolution (DE) is one of the most powerful
nature-inspired algorithm used to solve the complex problems in various application areas …

In the current scenario, one of the main challenges faced by many organizations is to
accurately predict effort and cost estimation during software project development. Inaccurate …

In the recent past, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) has become very popular as it allows
legacy systems to remain mostly unchanged and provide functionalities in the form of …

Researchers have developed and evaluated many techniques to deliver accurate estimates
of the effort required to complete a new software program. Among these, analogy has …

The main concern in the field of software development is estimation of the cost of software at
its initial phase of development. The cost estimation usually depends upon the size of the …

In the present scenario, the cost estimation is one of the challenging problems of software
engineering. The problem of cost estimation has increased in the maintenance phase of …

Software testing (ST) is one of the most important software development life cycle (SDLC)
phases and ST effort is often expressed as a percentage of SDLC effort. Unfortunately, in the …

Today, software projects are a major part of information and business technology. Estimating
the cost and delivery time of a project is one of the most important aspects of its development …