Context Software effort estimation (SEE) is most crucial activity in the field of software
engineering. Vast research has been conducted in SEE resulting into a tremendous …

Abstract Context The International Software Benchmarking Standards Group (ISBSG)
maintains a software development repository with over 6000 software projects. This dataset …

The research implications of reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) aspects of
engineering systems in recent years have increased substantially due to rising operation …

Estimation of software cost and effort is of prime importance in software development
process. Accurate and reliable estimation plays a vital role in successful completion of the …

Purpose This paper investigates the suitability of fuzzy-logic-based support tools for initial
screening of manufacturing reshoring decisions. Design/methodology/approach Two fuzzy …

The dilation-erosion-linear perceptron is a hybrid morphological neuron which has been
recently proposed in the literature to solve some prediction problems. However, a drawback …

The estimation of the effort required for the production of a software or the correction of a
software issue is an important activity in software development methodologies. Such …

Software project managers need an accurate assessment of software development efforts to
achieve reliable software within development budget and schedule. A single layer neural …

Context One of the difficulties faced by software development Project Managers is estimating
the cost and schedule for new projects. Previous industry surveys have concluded that …

Software development process is a series of planned activities undertaken to design a
software product. The major concern in this process is estimation of cost and effort …