Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are increasingly broadly adopted in
industry. However, based on well over a dozen case studies, we have learned that …

Software effort estimation accuracy is a key factor in effective planning, controlling, and
delivering a successful software project within budget and schedule. The overestimation and …

Software effort estimation plays a critical role in project management. Erroneous results may
lead to overestimating or underestimating effort, which can have catastrophic consequences …

For both clients and developers in the development of software, the effort estimate is vital.
Lower efforts may lead to poorly created processes, low-quality and delayed budgets being …

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 …

Introduction: The precise estimation of software effort is a significant difficulty that project
managers encounter during software development. Inaccurate forecasting leads to either …

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 …

In recent years, due to significant evolution in adopting new technologies and development
methodologies in the field of software engineering, the developers and researchers are …

This paper proposes a new software development effort estimation model. The new model's
design is based on the function point analysis, categorical variable segmentation (CVS), and …

Poverty statistics are conventionally compiled using data from socioeconomic surveys. This
study examines an alternative approach to estimating poverty by investigating whether …