Title :
Validation of software effort models
Author :
Johnson, L.F. ; Smith, M.L. ; Stevens, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Inf. Metrics Inst., New Brunswick Univ., Fredericton, NB, Canada
Abstract :
Several static models for software effort were examined on three data sets. Models applied to new data sets need to be evaluated relative to the quality of the data set and this can be benchmarked by fitting a least squares model to the data. This natural model can then be compared to the model that is being evaluated.
Keywords :
least squares approximations; software cost estimation; software development management; software metrics; benchmarking; least squares model; software effort models; static models; Benchmark testing; Data engineering; Data models; Europe; Least squares methods; Life testing; Performance evaluation; Personnel; Programming; Software testing;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1999 IEEE Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5579-2
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.1999.807208
