Software Measurement Current Trends in Research and Practice

Software developers are faced with the challenge of making software systems and products of ever greater quality and safety, while at the same time being faced with the growing pressure of costs reduction in order to gain and maintain competitive advantages. As in any scientific and engineering disc...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dumke, Reiner (Editor), Abran, Alain (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wiesbaden Deutscher Universitätsverlag 1999, 1999
Edition:1st ed. 1999
Series:Information Engineering und IV-Controlling
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I. Software Measurement History and Future Directions
  • Thirty Years of Software Measurement
  • Function Point Evolution
  • II. Software Measurement Foundations
  • Metrics Validation Proposals: A Structured Analysis
  • On the use of a Segmentally Additive Proximity Structure to Measure Object Class Life Cycle Complexity
  • Attribute-Based Model of Software Size
  • Multidimensional Software Performance Measurement Models: A Tetrahedron-based Design
  • A Pastry Cook’s View on Software Measurement
  • III. Software Measurement Applications
  • Measuring Legacy Database Structures
  • REST — A Tool to Measure the Ripple Effect of C and C++ Programs
  • Y2K from a Metrics Point of View
  • Software Metrics for Multimedia Languages
  • Improving Reliability of Large Software Systems
  • Prototype of a Software Metrics Database for industrial use
  • IV. Function Point Foundations and Applications
  • Comparison between FPA and FFP: a field experience
  • Function Point Counts Derived from SAP Business Scenario Requirements