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SUMMER INSTITUTE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE SOFTWARE RESOURCE MODELING AND COST ESTIMATION July 16 - July 20 This five day intensive lecture series will feature some of the top experts in the field of software cost estimation and resource use modeling. The course will introduce participants to the fundamental issues of resource modeling, illustrating the ideas with case studies and demonstrations of cost estimation tools. Practical guides to size estimation, including the new ideas of Albrecht's function points and DeMarco's function metrics will be discussed by their developers. Participants can learn how to create a model of their own with Basili's Meta-Model methodology or use the existing systems of PRICE S, SLIM and ESTIMAX, all discused by their developers. The Wicomo Tool, an implementation of Boehm's COCOMO Model will also be demonstrated. The emphasis in the lectures will be on the useablility of the ideas presented in actual cost estimation and resource modeling. Laboratory sessions will reinforce the ideas presented in lectures. Extensive time will be available for discussions with the lecturers. SPEAKERS AND TOPICS ALLEN ALBRECHT, IBM "The Function Point Methodology" VICTOR BASILI, University of Maryland "The Meta-Model Aproach to Resource Modeling" "The Goals/Questions/Metrics Paradigm" TOM DEMARCO, Atlantic Systems Guild "Function Models and Function Metrics" NANCY MARTIN, Wang Institute of Graduate Studies "Introduction to Resource Modeling" "The COCOMO Model and The WICOMO Tool" Demonstration "Commercial Tool Comparison" ROBERT PARK, RCA - PRICE Systems "The PRICE S Model" LAWRENCE PUTNAM, Quantitative Software Management, Inc. "The SLIM Model" Demonstration HOWARD RUBIN, Hunter College "ESTIMAX" Demonstration Tuition Fee: $900.00 The Summer Institute in Computer Science is sponsored by the Wang Institute of Graduate Studies in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts. All summer short courses are taught at the Institute, thirty miles from Boston. To receive a registration form, send a message with your name and mailing address to Roberta Wesley, Coordinator of Special Programs at: decvax!wivax!wesley. For further information, feel free to call Roberta Wesley at 617-649-9731 or Nancy Martin at 603-882-1790.