%0 Conference Paper %1 shan:2002:ICCCAS %A Shan, Y. %A McKay, R. I. %A Lokan, C. J. %A Essam, D. L. %B Proceedings of International Conference on Communications Circuits and Systems %D 2002 %K algorithms, cost engineering, estimation genetic grammar-guided programming, software %T Software Project Effort Estimation Using Genetic Programming %U http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/545689.html %X Knowing the estimated cost of a software project early in the development cycle is a valuable asset for management. In this paper, an evolutionary computation method, Grammar Guided Genetic Programming (GGGP), is used to fit models, with the aim of improving the prediction of software development costs. Valuable results are obtained, significantly better than those obtained by simple linear regression. In this research, GGGP, because of its flexibility and the ability of incorporating background knowledge, also shows great potential in being applied in other software engineering modelling problems.

@inproceedings{shan:2002:ICCCAS, abstract = {Knowing the estimated cost of a software project early in the development cycle is a valuable asset for management. In this paper, an evolutionary computation method, Grammar Guided Genetic Programming (GGGP), is used to fit models, with the aim of improving the prediction of software development costs. Valuable results are obtained, significantly better than those obtained by simple linear regression. In this research, GGGP, because of its flexibility and the ability of incorporating background knowledge, also shows great potential in being applied in other software engineering modelling problems.}, added-at = {2008-06-19T17:35:00.000+0200}, author = {Shan, Y. and McKay, R. I. and Lokan, C. J. and Essam, D. L.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/23909d1d151fc219b03dca7169fc6f980/brazovayeye}, booktitle = {Proceedings of International Conference on Communications Circuits and Systems}, broken = {http://www.cs.adfa.edu.au/~shanyin/publications/soft.ps.Z}, interhash = {4b2b5c08ce7a8ab38705f02d0753c938}, intrahash = {3909d1d151fc219b03dca7169fc6f980}, keywords = {algorithms, cost engineering, estimation genetic grammar-guided programming, software}, notes = {(ICCCAS'2002), June 29-July 1 2002, Chengdu, Sichuan, PR of China, sponsored by IEEE, NSFC, CIC, CIE, CCPIT, UESTC. For details, visit: http://icccas02.uestc.edu.cn/.}, timestamp = {2008-06-19T17:51:32.000+0200}, title = {Software Project Effort Estimation Using Genetic Programming}, url = {http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/545689.html}, year = 2002 }