Predicting Software Development Cost for Command and Control Systems

Abstract

In the past, the Department of Defense (DoD) has relied upon commercial software estimating tools. However, these tools are somewhat unreliable when it comes to estimating military systems, particularly Command and Control Systems. The purpose of this study was to develop a parametric model using linear regression to estimate software development costs for DoD Command and Control systems. The developed model is unique in a few ways. First, the model is derived from Department of Defense command and control data. Second, while traditional models require volumes of variables to create estimates, the developed model only requires a few key variables to estimate the amount of effort necessary to complete a project. The key variables were selected through analyzing common variables used in software cost estimating.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 20, 2001
Accession Number
ADA390762

Entities

People

  • Anthony W. Fife

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Software Development
  • Surveys
  • System Software

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control