Software Effort Estimation Based on Ensemble Extreme Gradient Boosting Algorithm and Modified Jaya Optimization Algorithm

Abstract

Software development effort estimation is regarded as a crucial activity for managing project cost, time, and quality, as well as for the software development life cycle. As a result, proper estimating is crucial to the success of projects and to lower risks. Software effort estimation has drawn much research interest recently and has become a problem for the software industry. When results are inaccurate, an effort may be over- or under-estimated, which can disastrously affect project resources. In the sector, machine learning methods are becoming more and more prominent. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a Modified Jaya algorithm to improve the effectiveness of the estimated model; Modified JOA selects the ideal subset of components from an extensive feature collection. Then, the ensemble machine learning-based Enhanced Extreme gradient boosting algorithm and Ensemble Learning machine approach are employed to estimate the software effort. On the PROMISE SDEE repository, the proposed methodologies are empirically assessed. In this approach, applying machine learning techniques to the effort estimation process increases the likelihood that the time and cost estimates will be accurate. The proposed approach yields a greater performance. The key benefit of this approach is that it lowers the computational cost. This approach can also inspire the development of a tool that could reliably, effectively, and accurately estimate the effort required to complete different software projects.