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This paper introduces an approximate time rough software cost control system based on a multicriteria decision-making approach using the Choquet integral as well as refinements of the Albrecht-Gaffney function points cost model. Estimated project durations are measured with approximate time windows, which compute the degree of membership of each estimate in a number of temporal information granules which contribute to our knowledge of the time required for software development. An application of the Choquet integral in a rough set approach to controlling software cost is presented in this paper. The Choquet integral provides global evaluations of coalitions of timesaving software development technologies used during a software project. Such global evaluations pave the way for the construction of decision system tables and the use of rough set theory in deriving rules to control the duration of a software process. A sample rough software cost decision system is given.
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Research supported by NSERC Individual Research Grant Nos:OGP0170398 and 202700
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Peters, J.F., Han, L., Ramanna, S. (1999). Approximate time rough software cost decision system: Multicriteria decision-making approach. In: Raś, Z.W., Skowron, A. (eds) Foundations of Intelligent Systems. ISMIS 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1609. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0095144
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