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Towards an adaptation of the Cocomo cost model to the software measurement theory

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Software Engineering — ESEC/FSE'97 (ESEC 1997, SIGSOFT FSE 1997)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 1301))

Abstract

When the COCOMO cost model was published in the beginning of the eighties, software measurement was not grounded on solid theoretical foundations. This has been achieved until the nineties by Fenton and others. Thus, it is not surprising that some of the concepts defined or used in the COCOMO model are somewhat incompatible with the software measurement theory. In this work, we mainly stress some of the incompatibilities and propose alternaive ways to avoid them.

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    A. Idri, B. Griech & A. El Iraki

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Mehdi Jazayeri Helmut Schauer

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Idri, A., Griech, B., El Iraki, A. (1997). Towards an adaptation of the Cocomo cost model to the software measurement theory. In: Jazayeri, M., Schauer, H. (eds) Software Engineering — ESEC/FSE'97. ESEC SIGSOFT FSE 1997 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1301. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63531-9_37

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