f-COCOMO: fuzzy constructive cost model in software engineering

The COCOMO (constructive cost model) was established to improve the economic aspects of software development and management with respect to economic benefit. The fuzzy constructive cost model f-COCOMO is developed to give a more reasonable estimation for manpower and development time of a computer software project. The fuzziness involved in the cost estimation of software engineering is discussed, and its important role is pointed out through analysis of several aspects of COCOMO. The results of tentative applications have shown that more reasonable decision-making can be obtained by incorporating uncertainty treatment of fuzziness with ordinary COCOMO approaches.<>