abstract = {This study was a calibration, validation and comparison of four software effort estimation models. The four models evaluated were REVIC, SASET, SEER, and COSTMODL. A historical database was obtained from Space Systems Division, in Los Angeles, and used as the input data. Two software environments were selected, one used to calibrate and validate the models, and the other to show the performance of the models outside their environment of calibration. REVIC and COSTMODL are COCOMO derivatives and were calibrated using Dr. Boehm's, procedure. SASET and SEER were found to be uncalibratable for this effort. Accuracy of all the models was significantly low; none of the models performed as expected. REVIC and COSTMODL actually performed better against the comparison data than the data from the calibration. SASET and SEER were very inconsistent across both environments.},
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