SBIR-STTR Award

This research proposes to conceptually design a parametric model and an associated interactive computer program that will accurately estimate the cost of software in computers embedded in air force c3 I systems. The model will be based on the relationships between cost, the number of executable source lines of code, and permissible development time. The requirements and logic for the development of a data base for the comparative estimating of required software function level sizing in puts will also be formulated. Both designs will be integrated into the structure of a user friendly interactive computer program that the analyst can use for much more accurate conceptualization/formulation stage software cost estimates.

This proposal is for the programming on a minor personal computer during Phase I, and the establishment of a database for command, control, and communications and intelligence (CBI) system implementation. The proposed system uses the cost estimating relationships of the cocomo model and baseline files of existing CBI software are designs as generic defaults. It has two input/output mediums: a display prompt for required inputs and a line printer for hardcopy outputs. It is simple to run because it is "menu-driven." It is designed to make it easy to store, display, and alter values of input variables. It permits a computer program configuration item (CPSC) to be designed by choosing computer program components (CPSC) from a stored library of past program data. It permits CPCS to be designed by choosing generic modules of code from a similar stored library. It permits life cycle cost estimates to be made at each level of the software breakdown structure.