Abstract Context Analogy-based Software development Effort Estimation (ASEE) techniques
have gained considerable attention from the software engineering community. However …

This paper presents a comprehensive review of the work done during 1990-2008 in the
application of intelligent techniques to solve software engineering (SE) problems. The …

Software development cost estimation is important for effective project management. Many
models have been introduced to predict software development cost. In this paper, a novel …

Accurately and timely estimating product costs is extremely beneficial to corporate survival.
This study assesses the reliability of multiple regression analysis (MRA), artificial neural …

A Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) is defined as an Artificial Intelligent technique that has a
problem-solving ability by reasoning previously experienced cases to solve new cases. The …

Purpose–In today's' highly competitive market, outsourcing logistic activities have become a
global trend as it offers wide range of services including transportation, distribution …

Processing the uncertainty in the software cost estimation is now highly needful considering
the growing use of software cost optimization in modern organizations. In this paper, a new …

Academia and practitioners confirm that software project effort prediction is crucial for an
accurate software project management. However, software development effort estimation is …

A realistic software size estimation is required in various subject areas of Software
Engineering. Especially to predict performance of software system using Software …

The software capability maturity model has become a popular model for enhancing software
development processes with the goal of developing high-quality software within budget and …