Title :
Software Engineering Economics
Author_Institution :
Software Information Systems Division, TRW Defense Systems Group, Redondo Beach, CA 90278.
Abstract :
This paper summarizes the current state of the art and recent trends in software engineering economics. It provides an overview of economic analysis techniques and their applicability to software engineering and management. It surveys the field of software cost estimation, including the major estimation techniques available, the state of the art in algorithmic cost models, and the outstanding research issues in software cost estimation.
Keywords :
Analytical models; Costs; Engineering management; Life estimation; Microeconomics; Power generation economics; Resource management; Software engineering; Software prototyping; State estimation; Computer programming costs; cost models; management decision aids; software cost estimation; software economics; software engineering; software management;
Journal_Title :
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TSE.1984.5010193
