Software Development Effort Estimation Using Regression Fuzzy Models

Table 7

Parameters of ANN and MLR models for every dataset.

	ANN (feed-forward backprop)	MLR
Dataset 1	No. of hidden layers: 1	Y_est = −2674.5 + 752.9xTeam_Size + 1.94xAFP + 1413.27x“Resource_Level = 1”
	No. of hidden neurons: 8
Dataset 2	No. of hidden layers: 1	Y_est = −138.5828 + AFP ∗ 12.6030 + Team_Size ∗ 109.3311
	No. of hidden neurons: 3
Dataset 3	No. of hidden layers: 1	Y_est = 8630.3198 + AFP ∗ 26.9786 + Team_Size ∗ 85.1768 + “Resource_Level = 1” ∗ −8082.6417 + “Resource_Level = 2” ∗ −13687.4085
	No. of hidden neurons: 6
Dataset 4	No. of hidden layers: 1	Y_est = 784.5531 + AFP ∗ 5.895416 + Team_Size ∗ 235.3906 + “Resource_Level = 4” ∗ 3121.556
	No. of hidden neurons: 9