Software cost estimation is one of the prerequisite managerial activities carried out at the software development initiation stages and also repeated throughout the whole software life-cycle so that amendments to the total cost are made. In software cost estimation typically, a selection of project attributes is employed to produce effort estimations of the expected human resources to deliver a...

With the increasingly fierce market competition, the demand for effective project cost estimation methods is increasingly urgent. In this paper, the author analyse the intelligent control of engineering project based on case-based reasoning. The use of traditional methods to estimate the cost of the project has exposed many problems. The application of case-based reasoning based on the experien...

Before starting software projects proper cost estimation for accurate project planning and staffing is required. The project requirements, which are normally not well defined in the early stage of a project, need to be considered carefully for a comprehensive calculation. In order to discuss and understand the project requirements, Mock-Ups or Prototypes are often used, as they provide the poss...

For adequate Cost Engineering, information generated and affected by different engineering tasks as well as effective communication are prerequisites. In the context of Concurrent Engineering, Cost Engineering requires an information management system. The Manufacturing Engineering Reference Model incorporates an appropriate basis for the management of cost information. All cost information is ...

Software project planning and estimation is the most important confront for software developers and researchers. It incorporates estimating the size of the software project to be produced, estimating the effort required, developing initial project schedules, and ultimately, estimating on the whole cost of the project. Numerous empirical explorations have been performed on the existing methods, ...

One of the common questions in all projects, is "How much would be the final cost of the project?" or "How much would be the completion duration of the project?". Earned Value Management presents a method for estimation of these results. In general methods and formula of Earned Value Management, future trend of project, are anticipated completely based on its previous trend, and changes in envi...

The quotation in the field of injection mould tool manufacturing is still so difficult mission and means so great challenge that leads the manufacturers be more bottleneck providing huge differences between the results of cost and time calculation following hand-rules or experiments. The simple cause of this is the very fact they must estimate the mould’s design and manufacturing time and cost ...

Recently, as the scale, structure, capacity and use of buildings are more complicated in construction projects, it is more difficult to estimation project’s costs. Because its project’s scale is much bigger than any other project’s one and total project cost is concluded after project is finished, it is important to make cost estimation method and system. In past, it is possible to estimate cos...

In this paper, the authors develop a model to estimate future performance of construction projects. For the purpose of estimation, fuzzy times series models are used as an effective approach in estimation process. Furthermore, linguistic terms are applied to interpret the fuzzy-based results. The proposed model can assists project managers to develop their knowledge concerning the future aspect...

The fierce global competition in the international markets forces manufacturers to compete in quality, cost, and the time to market aspects of their products. Knowing the cost of the manufactured components is essential for efficient operation and competitive production. The current evolution of competitive manufacturing requires a shorter market life span of products—emphasizing the design and...