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dc.contributor.authorStensrud, Erik
dc.contributor.authorMyrtveit, Ingunn
dc.date.accessioned2008-05-28T12:26:52Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.identifier.issn0807-3406
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/94046
dc.description.abstractEstimating software development cost with high accuracy is still a largely unsolved problem. Consequently, there is ongoing, high activity in this research field; a large number of different estimation models ranging from mathematical functions to arbitrary function approximators (AFA’s) have been proposed over the last 20+ years. Unfortunately, the studies do not converge with respect to the question “which model is best?” when functions and AFA’s are compared. So far, it has not been understood why this is so. In this empirical study, we show that this is due to inappropriate validation methods as far as the validation of AFA’s is concerned. In fact, the de facto validation method, cross-validation combined with MMRE, will give completely arbitrary results for AFA’s. Obviously, other criteria are called for in order to appropriately assess the performance of AFA’s. This should be a topic of future researchen
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dc.language.isoengen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDiscussion Paperen
dc.relation.ispartofseries05/2002en
dc.titleSW Cost Estimation: Measuring Model Performance of Arbitrary Function Approximatorsen
dc.typeWorking paperen


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