Knowledge representation using Bayesian networks: A case study in web effort estimation

Author First name, Last name, Institution

Emilia Mendes, Zayed University

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Source of Publication

Proceedings of the 2011 World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies, WICT 2011

Publication Date

12-1-2011

Abstract

This paper's objective is twofold: i) to present a methodology employed to build company-specific effort estimation models that incorporate expert knowledge and the uncertainty inherent to this complex domain; ii) to report on a case study where one such model was completely built from expert-knowledge for a Multimedia company in Auckland (New Zealand). It contains 36 factors and 48 causal relationships, and was validated using data from 22 past finished projects. This model has to date been successfully used to estimate effort for the Web projects developed by that company. © 2011 IEEE.

ISBN

9781467301251

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

First Page

612

Last Page

617

Disciplines

Computer Sciences

Keywords

Bayesian networks, expert knowledge, Knowledge representation, project management, Web effort estimation

Scopus ID

84857152669

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

no

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