A framework for evaluating a software bidding model

  • Authors:

  • Barbara Ann Kitchenham;Lesley Pickard;Stephen Linkman;Peter Jones

  • Affiliations:

  • Software Engineering Group, Department of Computer Science, Keele University, Keele Village, Staffs, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK;Software Engineering Group, Department of Computer Science, Keele University, Keele Village, Staffs, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK;Software Engineering Group, Department of Computer Science, Keele University, Keele Village, Staffs, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK;Software Engineering Group, Department of Computer Science, Keele University, Keele Village, Staffs, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK

  • Venue:
  • Information and Software Technology
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

This paper discusses the issues involved in evaluating a software bidding model. We found it difficult to assess the appropriateness of any model evaluation activities without a baseline or standard against which to assess them. This paper describes our attempt to construct such a baseline. We reviewed evaluation criteria used to assess cost models and an evaluation framework that was intended to assess the quality of requirements models. We developed an extended evaluation framework and an associated evaluation process that will be used to evaluate our bidding model. Furthermore, we suggest the evaluation framework might be suitable for evaluating other models derived from expert-opinion based influence diagrams.