Software cost and effort estimation is one of the most significant tasks in the area of software
engineering. Research conducted in this field has been evolving with new techniques that …

Effort estimation is the most critical activity for the success of overall solution delivery in
software engineering projects. In this context, the paper's main contributions to the literature …

Context Bio-inspired feature selection algorithms got the attention of the researchers in the
domain of Software Development Effort Estimations (SDEE) because they can improve the …

In this paper, a novel Moth-Flame Optimization (MFO) algorithm, namely MFO algorithm
enhanced by Multiple Improvement Strategies (MISMFO) is proposed for solving parameter …

Effective software cost estimation significantly contributes to decision‐making. The rising
trend of using nature‐inspired meta‐heuristic algorithms has been seen in software cost …

Nature-inspired algorithms are commonly used for solving the various optimization
problems. In past few decades, various researchers have proposed a large number of …

This research proposes a new approach which is based on Cuckoo Search algorithm for the
prediction of software development effort. It uses Cuckoo Search for discovering the best …

Effort estimation in the primary steps of software development is one of the most essential
and pivotal tasks. It significantly impacts the success of the overall development of software …

One of the Software Development Life Cycle phases is planning the software project.
Estimating the software effort is another task in this project planning phase. Software effort …

Nowadays, software effort and time estimation becomes a substantial factor in software
engineering community. Accurate estimation can enhances performance in managing the …