Scale economies and production function estimation for object-oriented software component and source code documentation size

Scale economies and production function estimation for object-oriented software component and source code documentation size

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Article ID: iaor20084104
Country: Netherlands
Volume: 172
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 1040
End Page Number: 1050
Publication Date: Aug 2006
Journal: European Journal of Operational Research
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Keywords: statistics: data envelopment analysis
Abstract:

In this study, we investigate the factors that influence the object-oriented (OO) component size and source code documentation. For multiple inputs and multiple outputs, we use data envelopment analysis to illustrate that non-linear variable returns to scale (VRS) economies exist for OO component size and source code documentation. The existence of non-linear variable returns to scale economies indicates that non-linear regression models will perform better than linear regression models. Using empirical data, we compare the performance of non-linear artificial neural network (ANN) forecasting model and linear, regression model. Our results indicate that the ANN model performs well when VRS economies exist between multiple inputs and multiple outputs.

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