Title :
IASCE: an intelligent assistant to software cost estimation
Author :
Wang, Shouli ; Kountanis, Dionysios
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Abstract :
A CASE (computer-aided software design) tool called IASCE has been developed to help the project manager estimate a proposed project cost. This tool collects accurate data from current software so that researchers can explore new software models and metrics. IASCE also supports multiple software cost estimation models and their corresponding metrics, tractable for project management control, feedback, and learning activities. In addition, IASCE provides for the establishment of project-specific cost models and corporate metrics for the models, permits tracing of these models and metrics throughout the software life cycle via feedback and post mortem evaluation, and offers a mechanism for long-range improvements of software cost estimation. It can be tailored to a specific software development environment
Keywords :
DP management; expert systems; software cost estimation; software tools; CASE; IASCE; corporate metrics; cost models; feedback; intelligent assistant; learning activities; post mortem evaluation; project cost; project management control; project manager; software cost estimation; software development environment; software life cycle; Computer aided software engineering; Computer industry; Computer science; Costs; Feedback; Job shop scheduling; Programming; Project management; Software development management; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Tools with Artificial Intelligence, 1992. TAI '92, Proceedings., Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2905-3
DOI :
10.1109/TAI.1992.246365
