COCOMO
COCOMO
• COnstructive COst MOdel
• Empirical model
– Metrics such as LOC and FP are used as input to a
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model for determining product cost and duration
• Well documented, and supported by public domain
and commercial tools; Widely used and evaluated
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• Has a long pedigree from its first instantiation in
1981
1981
– COCOMO I (81)
– COCOMO II
COCOMO II