Improving Effort Estimation by Voting Software Estimation Models

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</svg></span></td><td align="center">—</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0.4</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Effort</td><td align="center">—</td><td align="center">—</td><td align="center">1</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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