The Formal Economic Model of Software Engineering

Author

Wang, Yingxu ; Yuan, Yuyu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Calgary Univ., Alta.

fYear

2006

fDate

38838

Firstpage

2385

Lastpage

2388

Abstract

This paper presents a coherent theory on the nature of collaborative work and their mathematical models in software engineering. The formal economic model of software engineering costs (FEMSEC) is created based on the collaborative work theory. The FEMSEC model provides a theoretical foundation for software engineering decision optimizations on the optimal labor allocation, the shortest duration determination, and the lowest workload/effort and costs estimation. Based on the FEMSEC model, a wide range of fundamental problems in software project organization and cost estimation can be solved rigorously

Keywords

mathematical analysis; project management; software cost estimation; software management; collaborative work theory; decision optimizations; formal economic model; lowest effort estimation; lowest workload estimation; mathematical models; optimal labor allocation; shortest duration determination; software engineering cost estimation; software project organization; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Computer industry; Cost function; Drives; Mathematical model; Productivity; Remuneration; Software engineering; Tin; Software engineering; cost optimization; labor-time interchangeability; mathematical models of costs; minimum duration; optimal labor allocation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2006. CCECE '06. Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0038-4

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0038-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2006.277682

Filename

4054980