Software size estimation of object-oriented systems |
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Authors: | Laranjeira LA |
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Affiliation: | Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas Univ., Austin, TX; |
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Abstract: | The strengths and weaknesses of existing size estimation techniques are discussed. The nature of software size estimation is considered. The proposed method takes advantage of a characteristic of object-oriented systems, the natural correspondence between specification and implementation, in order to enable users to come up with better size estimates at early stages of the software development cycle. Through a statistical approach the method also provides a confidence interval for the derived size estimates. The relation between the presented software sizing model and project cost estimation is also considered |
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