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A Systematic Review of Software Development Cost Estimation Studies
IEEE 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 ...
Magne Jörgensen, Martin Shepperd
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Software cost estimation [PDF]
Information 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?
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Category Cost Estimation : Improving Cost Estimation Process
, 2020 Having a competitive proposal is fundamental for a company in order to increase its sales and market share. However, developing an accurate cost estimation for the proposal brings a challenge for the company since it requires extensive knowledge and skills to understand both company and suppliers’ capability.
Fransiska, Linda
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Appropriate budget contingency determination for construction projects: State-of-the-art
Alexandria 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
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Cost estimation of enterprise organizational pathologies
π-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
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Feature-Based and Process-Based Manufacturing Cost Estimation
Machines, 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
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A construction cost estimation framework using DNN and validation unit [PDF]
, 2023 Accurate construction cost estimation is crucial to completing projects within the planned timeframe and expenditure. The estimation process depends on multiple variables maintaining complex relationships between themselves and the target cost.
Saeidlou, S., Ghadiminia, N.
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Reducing the Total Product Cost at the Product Design Stage
Applied 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
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On the Estimation of Marginal Cost [PDF]
SSRN 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
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Minimizing the cost of converting waste fat from fish-canning-factory wastewater treatment system to biofuel oil [PDF]
Songklanakarin 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
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