{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3116361147","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2020.3047072","title":"Sequential Model Optimization for Software Effort Estimation","display_name":"Sequential Model Optimization for Software Effort Estimation","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-12-24","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3116361147","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2020.3047072","mag":"3116361147"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tse.2020.3047072","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2020.3047072","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S8351582","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","issn_l":"0098-5589","issn":["0098-5589","1939-3520","2326-3881"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320439","host_organization_name":"IEEE Computer Society","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320439","https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IEEE Computer Society","Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5054601902","display_name":"Tianpei Xia","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6340-8041"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I137902535","display_name":"North Carolina State University","ror":"https://ror.org/04tj63d06","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I137902535"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tianpei Xia","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6340-8041","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I137902535"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100746782","display_name":"Rui Shu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8937-7274"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I137902535","display_name":"North Carolina State University","ror":"https://ror.org/04tj63d06","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I137902535"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rui Shu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I137902535"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100624451","display_name":"Xipeng Shen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3599-8010"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I137902535","display_name":"North Carolina State University","ror":"https://ror.org/04tj63d06","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I137902535"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Xipeng Shen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3599-8010","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I137902535"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5077008083","display_name":"Tim Menzies","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5040-3196"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I137902535","display_name":"North Carolina State University","ror":"https://ror.org/04tj63d06","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I137902535"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tim Menzies","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5040-3196","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I137902535"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I137902535"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.359,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":23,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.93902594,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":93,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"48","issue":"6","first_page":"1994","last_page":"2009"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12423","display_name":"Software Reliability and Analysis Research","score":0.9951000213623047,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10743","display_name":"Software Testing and Debugging Techniques","score":0.9900000095367432,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7988189458847046},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/waterfall","display_name":"Waterfall","score":0.7047351598739624},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/waterfall-model","display_name":"Waterfall model","score":0.6234655380249023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.6024894714355469},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/set","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","score":0.5908734798431396},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/range","display_name":"Range (aeronautics)","score":0.5728632211685181},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/estimation","display_name":"Estimation","score":0.5652572512626648},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cocomo","display_name":"COCOMO","score":0.4568309783935547},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-mining","display_name":"Data mining","score":0.4567405581474304},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-development","display_name":"Software development","score":0.3902992606163025},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/machine-learning","display_name":"Machine learning","score":0.3548170030117035},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.332207590341568},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-construction","display_name":"Software construction","score":0.17639628052711487},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.13863521814346313},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/systems-engineering","display_name":"Systems engineering","score":0.11239656805992126}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7988189458847046},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121012721","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34038","display_name":"Waterfall","level":2,"score":0.7047351598739624},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C20505762","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q478175","display_name":"Waterfall model","level":3,"score":0.6234655380249023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.6024894714355469},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.5908734798431396},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204323151","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q905424","display_name":"Range (aeronautics)","level":2,"score":0.5728632211685181},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C96250715","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q965330","display_name":"Estimation","level":2,"score":0.5652572512626648},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C53238903","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1023952","display_name":"COCOMO","level":5,"score":0.4568309783935547},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.4567405581474304},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529173508","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638608","display_name":"Software development","level":3,"score":0.3902992606163025},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.3548170030117035},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.332207590341568},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186846655","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3398377","display_name":"Software construction","level":4,"score":0.17639628052711487},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.13863521814346313},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201995342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682496","display_name":"Systems engineering","level":1,"score":0.11239656805992126},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159985019","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181790","display_name":"Composite material","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192562407","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228736","display_name":"Materials science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tse.2020.3047072","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2020.3047072","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S8351582","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","issn_l":"0098-5589","issn":["0098-5589","1939-3520","2326-3881"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320439","host_organization_name":"IEEE Computer Society","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320439","https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IEEE Computer Society","Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1463076924","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"1703487","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335353","funder_display_name":"National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335353","display_name":"National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka","ror":"https://ror.org/010xaa060"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":76,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W177261742","https://openalex.org/W602497127","https://openalex.org/W1481170547","https://openalex.org/W1527514093","https://openalex.org/W1528966910","https://openalex.org/W1595159159","https://openalex.org/W1970660793","https://openalex.org/W1976605125","https://openalex.org/W1995945562","https://openalex.org/W1999379336","https://openalex.org/W2000642745","https://openalex.org/W2005504865","https://openalex.org/W2009407457","https://openalex.org/W2009786711","https://openalex.org/W2014455254","https://openalex.org/W2022537368","https://openalex.org/W2040855338","https://openalex.org/W2043584165","https://openalex.org/W2052829789","https://openalex.org/W2054001195","https://openalex.org/W2070567333","https://openalex.org/W2075777637","https://openalex.org/W2075848956","https://openalex.org/W2081575303","https://openalex.org/W2090954654","https://openalex.org/W2097670073","https://openalex.org/W2097998348","https://openalex.org/W2100926588","https://openalex.org/W2104132866","https://openalex.org/W2104236502","https://openalex.org/W2109030030","https://openalex.org/W2109105289","https://openalex.org/W2125595978","https://openalex.org/W2125791732","https://openalex.org/W2125809971","https://openalex.org/W2127608804","https://openalex.org/W2131378644","https://openalex.org/W2133693262","https://openalex.org/W2138517257","https://openalex.org/W2139349435","https://openalex.org/W2144641356","https://openalex.org/W2160306841","https://openalex.org/W2203366176","https://openalex.org/W2281037394","https://openalex.org/W2288177242","https://openalex.org/W2321741636","https://openalex.org/W2330820318","https://openalex.org/W2344072768","https://openalex.org/W2348136092","https://openalex.org/W2354248936","https://openalex.org/W2484797789","https://openalex.org/W2519440759","https://openalex.org/W2521291598","https://openalex.org/W2584401436","https://openalex.org/W2785495715","https://openalex.org/W2889545716","https://openalex.org/W2889763677","https://openalex.org/W2959468682","https://openalex.org/W2963715041","https://openalex.org/W3005810006","https://openalex.org/W3023496898","https://openalex.org/W3106447435","https://openalex.org/W4206457894","https://openalex.org/W4211116959","https://openalex.org/W4238746485","https://openalex.org/W4241607863","https://openalex.org/W4252198446","https://openalex.org/W4300545775","https://openalex.org/W6607741199","https://openalex.org/W6653272571","https://openalex.org/W6674385629","https://openalex.org/W6676179485","https://openalex.org/W6680770092","https://openalex.org/W6726962172","https://openalex.org/W6734265508","https://openalex.org/W6744155192"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2367672333","https://openalex.org/W3206992463","https://openalex.org/W4250558843","https://openalex.org/W4384202826","https://openalex.org/W2808522417","https://openalex.org/W2377167434","https://openalex.org/W2922761621","https://openalex.org/W315570438","https://openalex.org/W4312475296","https://openalex.org/W3110264322"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Many":[0],"methods":[1,121,152,184],"have":[2],"been":[3],"proposed":[4],"to":[5,12,22,68,144,153,181],"estimate":[6],"how":[7],"much":[8],"effort":[9,74,172],"is":[10,142,169],"required":[11],"build":[13],"and":[14,95,108,126,177,188],"maintain":[15],"software.":[16],"Much":[17],"of":[18,42,73,103,105,150,165],"that":[19,30,35,113,133],"research":[20],"tries":[21],"recommend":[23],"a":[24,52,80,147],"single":[25],"method":[26,37,87],"\u2013":[27],"an":[28],"approach":[29],"makes":[31],"the":[32,40,119,159,163,170,178],"dubious":[33],"assumption":[34],"one":[36,180],"can":[38],"handle":[39],"diversity":[41],"software":[43],"project":[44],"data.":[45,161],"To":[46,162],"address":[47],"this":[48,86,168],"drawback,":[49],"we":[50,111,131,134],"apply":[51],"configuration":[53,71],"technique":[54],"called":[55],"\u201cROME\u201d":[56],"(Rapid":[57],"Optimizing":[58],"Methods":[59],"for":[60,79,122,138,158],"Estimation),":[61],"which":[62],"uses":[63],"sequential":[64],"model-based":[65],"optimization":[66],"(SMO)":[67],"find":[69,112,154],"what":[70,155],"settings":[72],"estimation":[75,173],"techniques":[76],"work":[77],"best":[78,157,164],"particular":[81],"data":[82,89],"set.":[83],"We":[84],"test":[85,182],"using":[88],"from":[90],"1161":[91],"traditional":[92,124,186],"waterfall":[93,125,187],"projects":[94,98],"120":[96],"contemporary":[97,127,189],"(from":[99],"GitHub).":[100],"In":[101,129],"terms":[102],"magnitude":[104],"relative":[106],"error":[107],"standardized":[109],"accuracy,":[110],"ROME":[114],"achieves":[115],"better":[116,143],"performance":[117],"than":[118],"state-of-the-art":[120],"both":[123],"projects.":[128,190],"addition,":[130],"conclude":[132],"should":[135],"not":[136],"recommendonemethod":[137],"estimation.":[139],"Rather,":[140],"it":[141],"search":[145],"through":[146],"wide":[148],"range":[149],"different":[151],"works":[156],"local":[160],"our":[166],"knowledge,":[167],"largest":[171],"experiment":[174],"yet":[175],"attempted":[176],"only":[179],"its":[183],"on":[185]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-08-01T09:00:35.917206","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}