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Factors systematically associated with errors in subjective estimates of software development effort: the stability of expert judgment
(IEEE Computer Society, 1999)Estimation of project development effort is most often performed by expert judgment rather than by using an empirically derived model (although such may be used by the expert to assist their decision). One question that ... -
Factors that affect software systems development project outcomes: a survey of research
(AUT UniversityAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2011)Determining the factors that have an influence on software systems development and deployment project outcomes has been the focus of extensive and ongoing research for more than 30 years. We provide here a survey of the ... -
FULSOME: a fuzzy logic modeling tool for software metricians
(IEEE Computer Society Press, 1999)There has been a growing body of literature suggesting that some of the problems faced by software development project managers can be at least partially overcome by using fuzzy logic techniques. However, one issue that ... -
FULSOME: fuzzy logic for software metric practitioners and researchers
(IEEE Computer Society Press, 1999)There has been increasing interest in recent times for using fuzzy logic techniques to represent software metric models, especially those predicting the software development effort. The use of fuzzy logic for this application ... -
Fuzzy logic for software metric models throughout the development life-cycle
(IEEE Computer Society Press, 1999)One problem faced by managers who are using project management models is the elicitation of numerical inputs. Obtaining these with any degree of confidence early in a project is not always feasible. Related to this difficulty ... -
FUZZYMANAGER: a teaching and introductory environment for Fuzzy Logic and Fuzzy Clustering
(University of Otago, 1999)Using fuzzy logic, and associated techniques such as fuzzy clustering, in a teaching environment necessitates the availability of introductory and pedagogically appropriate tools. In a similar manner, introductory level ... -
Heuristic and rule-based knowledge acquisition: classification of numeral strings in text
(Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2006)This paper describes the rule-based classification of numerals and strings that include numerals, composed of a number and semantic unit(s) that indicate a SPEED, NUMBER, or other measure, at three levels: morphological, ... -
How reliable are systematic reviews in empirical software engineering?
(IEEE Computer Society, 2010)BACKGROUND-The systematic review is becoming a more commonly employed research instrument in empirical software engineering. Before undue reliance is placed on the outcomes of such reviews it would seem useful to consider ... -
How repeatable are systematic reviews?
(Brunel University, 2006)As a discipline relatively new to the conduct of systematic reviews it could be said that we are still "finding our way" in undertaking them. Still far from the norm in empirical software engineering, we are having to ... -
IDENTIFIED (integrated dictionary-based extraction of non-language-dependent token information for forensic identification, examination, and discrimination): A dictionary-based system for extracting source code metrics for software forensics
(IEEE, 1998)The frequency and severity of computer-based attacks such as viruses and worms, logic bombs, trojan horses, computer fraud, and plagiarism of software code have all become of increasing concern to many of those involved ... -
IDENTIFIED: software authorship analysis with case-based reasoning
(AUT UniversityDBLP, 1998)Software forensics is the use of authorship analysis techniques to analyse computer programs for a legal or official purpose. This generally consists of plagiarism detection and malicious code analysis. IDENTIFIED is a ... -
Improving web information retrieval using shared contexts
(Information Sciences and Computer Engineering, 2010)The effective utilisation of a user’s context in improving the performance of web search engines is a subject of intense research interest. In particular, much attention has been directed to the enhancement of queries and ... -
Improving web search using contextual retrieval
(IEEE Computer Society Press, 2009)Contextual retrieval is a critical technique for todaypsilas search engines in terms of facilitating queries and returning relevant information. This paper reports on the development and evaluation of a system designed to ... -
Industry practices in project management for multimedia information systems
(© 2011 World Scientific Publishing, 1999)This paper describes ongoing research directed at formulating a set of appropriate measures for assessing and ultimately predicting effort requirements for multimedia systems development. Whilst significant advances have ... -
Insights into domain knowledge sharing in software development practice
(IEEE Computer Society Press, 2009)The collaborative development of shared understanding is crucial to the success of software development projects. It is also a challenging and volatile process in practice. Small organizations may be especially vulnerable ... -
Integrate the GM(1,1) and Verhulst models to predict software stage effort
(IEEE Computer Systems, 2009)Software effort prediction clearly plays a crucial role in software project management. In keeping with more dynamic approaches to software development, it is not sufficient to only predict the whole-project effort at an ... -
IS development practice in New Zealand organisations
(Australian Computer Society Inc, 2009)A survey of New Zealand organisations with 200 or more full-time employees was undertaken in order to obtain an updated assessment of IS development practice. Over the period surveyed (2001-2003), larger organisations (500 ... -
Maximising data retention from the ISBSG repository
(The British Computer Society (BCS), 2008)Background: In 1997 the International Software Benchmarking Standards Group (ISBSG) began to collect data on software projects. Since then they have provided copies of their repository to researchers and practitioners, ... -
Membership function extraction from software development project managers
(University of Otago, 1999)Software metrics are measurements of development processes, products, and resources. Once these measurements have been specified and collected they can be used as variables in empirically calibrated models for a wide range ... -
Memory models for improving tabu search with real continuous variables
(IEEE, 2006)This paper proposes that current memory models in use for tabu search algorithms are at best evolving, as opposed to adaptive, and that improvements can be made by considering the nature of human memory. By introducing new ...