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Software cost estimation [PDF]

open access: yesInformation and Software Technology, 1992
The paper gives an overview of the state of the art of software cost estimation (SCE). The main questions to be answered in the paper are: (1) What are the reasons for overruns of budgets and planned durations? (2) What are the prerequisites for estimating? (3) How can software development effort be estimated?
Heemstra, F.J., Heemstra, F.J.
exaly   +7 more sources

A Systematic Review of Software Development Cost Estimation Studies [PDF]

open access: yesIEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 2007
This paper aims to provide a basis for the improvement of software estimation research through a systematic review of previous work. The review identifies 304 software cost estimation papers in 76 journals and classifies the papers according to research ...
Martin Shepperd
exaly   +2 more sources

Appropriate budget contingency determination for construction projects: State-of-the-art

open access: yesAlexandria Engineering Journal, 2023
Contingency is a critical component in the cost estimation process for any construction project. The contingency reserve considers potential costs related to risks and uncertainties associated with construction projects. It is usually assumed to damp any
Taher Ammar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cost estimation of enterprise organizational pathologies

open access: yesπ-Economy, 2022
In modern conditions, changes in organizational management structures must be frequent, and the need for changes is growing. There is a renewed research interest in human behavior as a significant factor to be considered when managing an organization. In
Kachalkina Kristina
doaj   +1 more source

Feature-Based and Process-Based Manufacturing Cost Estimation

open access: yesMachines, 2022
The demand for mass custom parts is increasing, estimating the cost of parts to a high degree of efficiency is a matter of great concern to most manufacturing companies.
Fangwei Ning   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reducing the Total Product Cost at the Product Design Stage

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
Currently used decision support systems allow decision-makers to evaluate the product performance, including a net present value analysis, in order to enable them to make a decision regarding whether or not to carry out a new product development project.
Marcin Relich   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the Estimation of Marginal Cost [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2014
This article proposes the estimation of the marginal cost of individual firms using semiparametric and nonparametric methods. These methods have a number of appealing features when applied to cost functions. The empirical analysis uses data from a unique sample of the California electricity industry for which we observe the actual marginal cost and ...
Manthos D. Delis   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Minimizing the cost of converting waste fat from fish-canning-factory wastewater treatment system to biofuel oil [PDF]

open access: yesSongklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST), 2021
A food factory constantly releases waste containing oil and fat into its wastewater treatment system. To obtain zero waste, the waste should be utilized as an energy source, such as biofuel oil (BFO). In this study, waste fat containing 86.13%wt.
Pheerawit Punyawansiri   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing Risk Factors Affecting the Accuracy of Conceptual Cost Estimation in the Middle East

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
The construction industry is subjected to more risk and uncertainty than many other industries, in addition to poor risk-tracking records. This usually causes the late completion of projects, surpassing their estimated budgets even without achieving the ...
Mohamed Abdel-Monem   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Economic Evaluation of Implementation of Power-to-Gas: Application to the Case of Spain

open access: yesEnergies, 2022
An economic analysis of the implementation of the power-to-gas (PtG) system between 2030 and 2055 is presented at a large scale. The capacity of the PtG system is adapted to two scenarios in Spain (Bailera and Lisbona 2018), corresponding to growing ...
Alberto Abánades, Jesús Frías
doaj   +1 more source

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