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Cost estimation techniques for web projects

This book provides a step-by-step methodology to improving cost estimation practices for Web projects. Utilizing such techniques as stepwise regression modeling, case-base reasoning, classification and regression trees, and expert opinion, it is a powerful tool for scholars, researchers, and practit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mendes, Emilia.
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2008.
Subjects:
Web site development industry > Costs.
Web site development > Costs.
Web site development > Management.
Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
Table of Contents:
  • 1. What is different about web and software projects?
  • 2. Introduction to web cost estimation
  • 3. How accurate is an effort model?
  • 4. Sizing web applications
  • 5. Web effort estimation using regression analysis
  • 6. Web effort estimation using case-based reasoning
  • 7. Web effort estimation using classification and regression trees
  • 8. What is the best technique?
  • 9. How to improve your company's effort estimation practices
  • 10. Understanding project data
  • 11. The need for empirical web engineering.

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