Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesA HYBRID INTELLIGENT MODEL FOR SOFTWARE COST ESTIMATIONWei Lin Du, Luiz Fernando Capretz, Ali Bou Nassif, Danny HoAccurate software development effort estimation is critical to the success of software projects. Although many techniques and algorithmic models have been developed and implemented by practitioners, accurate software development effort prediction is still a challenging endeavor in the field of software engineering, especially in handling uncertain and imprecise inputs and collinear characteristics. In this study, a hybrid intelligent model combining … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 9, Issue 11 · 28 Sep 2013 · 7,745 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesA Multicultural Comparison of Engineering Students: Implications to Teaching and LearningZaki Shkair Seddigi, Luiz Fernando Capretz, David HouseProblem statement: Personality considerations have become increasingly important in recent years, but studies involving the personality characteristics of engineers have been scarcely reported. Engineers today are expected to have a broader range of skills than in the recent past because users are now equally concerned with the technical as well as the personal services provided by engineers. Approach: A multicultural … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2009 · 8,315 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesAn Empirical Validation of Object-Oriented Design Metrics for Fault PredictionJie Xu, Danny Ho, Luiz F. CapretzProblem Statement: Object-oriented design has become a dominant method in software industry and many design metrics of object-oriented programs have been proposed for quality prediction, but there is no well-accepted statement on how significant those metrics are. In this study, empirical analysis is carried out to validate object-oriented design metrics for defects estimation. Approach: The Chidamber and Kemerer metrics suite … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 4, Issue 7 · 31 Jul 2008 · 6,988 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesY: A New Component-Based Software Life Cycle ModelLuiz F. CapretzWith the need to produce ever larger and more complex software systems, the use of reusable components has become increasingly imperative. Of the many existing and proposed techniques for software development, it seems clear that component-based software development will be at the forefront of new approaches to the production of software systems and holds the promise of substantially enhancing the … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2005 · 7,396 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesExtending UML-RT for Control System ModelingQimin Gao, L. J. Brown, L. F. CapretzThere is a growing interest in adopting object technologies for the development of real-time control systems. Several commercial tools, currently available, provide object-oriented modeling and design support for real-time control systems. While these products provide many useful facilities, such as visualization tools and automatic code generation, they are all weak in addressing the central characteristic of real-time control systems design, … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2004 · 6,743 accessesView PDFCite