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<journal-title>Global Journal of Computer Science and Technology - C: Software &amp; Data Engineering</journal-title>
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<issn publication-format="print">0975-4350</issn>
<issn publication-format="electronic">0975-4172</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Global Journals Publishing Group Incorporated</publisher-name></publisher>
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<article-title>Software Effort Prediction - A Fuzzy Logic Approach</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kumar</surname><given-names>Sanjay</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1" />
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<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Pal</surname><given-names>Jaya</given-names></name></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Bhattacherjee</surname><given-names>Vandana</given-names></name></contrib>
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<aff id="aff1">INDIA, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi</aff>
<pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2013-01-15">
<day>15</day>
<month>01</month>
<year>2013</year>
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<volume>13</volume>
<issue>C10</issue>
<fpage>9</fpage>
<lpage>14</lpage>
<abstract><p>Accuracy in the estimation of software Effort/Cost is one of the desirable criteria for any software cost estimation model. The estimation of effort or cost before the actual development of any software is the most crucial task of the present day software development project managers. Software project attributes are often measured in terms of linguistic values such as very low, low, Average, high and very high. The imprecise nature of such attributes constitutes uncertainty and vagueness in their subsequent interpretation. In this paper we propose a Fuzzy logic based model for software effort prediction. We feel that fuzzy Software cost estimation Model should be able to deal with imprecision and uncertainty associated with various parameter values. Fuzzy analogy model has been developed and validated upon student data.</p></abstract>
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<p>Accuracy in the estimation of software Effort/Cost is one of the desirable criteria for any software cost estimation model. The estimation of effort or cost before the actual development of any software is the most crucial task of the present day software development project managers. Software project attributes are often measured in terms of linguistic values such as very low, low, Average, high and very high. The imprecise nature of such attributes constitutes uncertainty and vagueness in their subsequent interpretation. In this paper we propose a Fuzzy logic based model for software effort prediction. We feel that fuzzy Software cost estimation Model should be able to deal with imprecision and uncertainty associated with various parameter values. Fuzzy analogy model has been developed and validated upon student data.</p>
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