An Elementary Statistical Approach to Measuring Uncertainty in a Cost Estimate Range,

Abstract

The intent of this article is to suggest an approach to developing a probabilistic cost range for a system in the conceptual design phase. This methodology has been applied to a recent software cost study for a large scale military acquisition program, hence the emphasis in this paper will be on the problem of determining the most probable software development cost interval.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA161631

Entities

People

  • Paul R. Garvey

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Algorithms
  • Command And Control
  • Computational Complexity
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Cost Models
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Military Acquisition
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Software Development
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Software Engineering
  • Statistical inference.