Application of the Choquet integral in software cost estimation

Author

Peters, J.F. ; Ramanna, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Manitoba Univ., Winnipeg, Man., Canada

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

8-11 Sep 1996

Firstpage

862

Abstract

A new method of estimating software cost based on an application of the Choquet integral is given. This is a form of multicriteria decision-making where the numeric value computed by the Choquet integral is an expression of the degree of preference of one technology over another in developing a software system. In effect, the Choquet integral provides an aggregative measure of subjective evaluations of the influence of various technologies on software development. The approach to cost estimation model described in this paper is a refinement of Albrecht´s function points model

Keywords

computer aided software engineering; fuzzy set theory; integral equations; software cost estimation; Albrecht´s function points model; Choquet integral; degree of preference; multicriteria decision-making; software cost estimation; software development; subjective evaluations; Analytical models; Application software; Computer aided software engineering; Concurrent engineering; Cost function; Decision making; Extraterrestrial measurements; Failure analysis; Software measurement; Software systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fuzzy Systems, 1996., Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3645-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUZZY.1996.552292

Filename

552292