19th International Forum on COCOMO
and Software Cost Modeling
October 26-29, 2004, Los
Angeles, CA
Call for Participation
Nineteenth International
Forum on COCOMO and Software Cost Modeling
October 26-29, 2004. USC,
Los Angeles, CA, USA
-Details TBD at
http://sunset.usc.edu/events/2004
1-3 page Abstracts Due: July 30, 2004 to Ricardo Valerdi (rvalerdi@sunset.usc.edu).
Notification Date: August 20, 2004
Proceedings Materials
Due: October 1,
2004
Theme: Model Integration
The topic of this year's Forum is integration of software estimation models. We solicit papers that explore the integration of and interactions between cost, schedule, quality and related models. Example topics include developing one-stop models, identifying conflicts in model assumptions, identifying common factors and avoiding double counting, usage scenarios, reducing user overhead, interface issues, etc.
Related topics include extending and integrating models for aspects such as size estimation, systems engineering, complex systems-of-systems, value-based approaches, facets of quality such as software dependability, etc. We would like to encourage submissions in these and other software estimation related areas as a theme for the Forum. As in recent years, the Forum will be complemented by a USC Affiliates' workshop on the theme topic. The overall schedule is listed below.
Tuesday, October 26
AM: Tutorial – Integrated
COCOMO Suite
PM: Forum sessions
Evening: Affiliates' dinner
and Workshop kickoff
Wednesday, October 27
Forum sessions
Thursday, October 28
Affiliate workshop breakout
groups: COSYSMO&COSOSIMO, COCOMO II Security Extension, and Integrated CII
Suite
Friday, October 29
Workshop breakout group
reports (ends 11:30am)
General Chair: Barry Boehm, USC-CSE. Logistics: Christal Young, USC-CSE.
Program Committee: Sunita Chulani (IBM; Chair), Ray
Madachy (Cost Xpert Group/USC), Chris Abts (TAMU/USC), Winsor Brown (USC), Brad
Clark (Software Metrics), Dan Ligett (Softstar), Don Reifer (RCI)