A Survey on Software Cost Estimation Techniques

• 作者: Hassan Reza Sai Mohan Reddy Chirra
• 来源期刊: 软件工程与应用(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Software COST ESTIMATION Classical SCE MODELS Algorithmic MODELS Non-Algorithmic MODELS LEARNING-ORIENTED COST ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES
• 年，卷（期）: 2019,（6）
• 页码范围: 226-248
• 页数: 23页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

The ability to accurately estimate the cost needed to complete a specific project has been a challenge over the past decades. For a successful software project, accurate prediction of the cost, time and effort is a very much essential task. This paper presents a systematic review of different models used for software cost estimation which includes algorithmic methods, non-algorithmic methods and learning-oriented methods. The models considered in this review include both the traditional and the recent approaches for software cost estimation. The main objective of this paper is to provide an overview of software cost estimation models and summarize their strengths, weakness, accuracy, amount of data needed, and validation techniques used. Our findings show, in general, neural network based models outperforms other cost estimation techniques. However, no one technique fits every problem and we recommend practitioners to search for the model that best fit their needs.