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METRICS
2003
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
A Metrics Suite for Measuring Reusability of Software Components
In component-based software development, it is necessary to measure the reusability of components in order to realize the reuse of components effectively. There are some product m...
Hironori Washizaki, Hirokazu Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Fu...
METRICS
2003
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Definition and Validation of Design Metrics for Distributed Applications
As distributed technologies become more widely used, the need for assessing the quality of distributed applications correspondingly increases. Despite the rich body of research an...
Pablo Rossi, George Fernandez
METRICS
2003
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Analyzing the Cost and Benefit of Pair Programming
Frank Padberg, Matthias M. Müller
METRICS
2003
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Queue-Based Cost Evaluation of Mental Simulation Process in Program Comprehension
Masahide Nakamura, Akito Monden, Tomoaki Itoh, Ken...
METRICS
2003
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
When Can We Test Less?
When it is impractical to rigorously assess all parts of complex systems, test engineers use defect detectors to focus their limited resources. In this article, we define some pr...
Tim Menzies, Justin S. Di Stefano, Kareem Ammar, K...
METRICS
2003
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Using Prior-Phase Effort Records for Re-estimation During Software Projects
Estimating the effort required for software process activities continues to present difficulties for software engineers, particularly given the uncertainty and subjectivity associ...
Stephen G. MacDonell, Martin J. Shepperd
METRICS
2003
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Issues in Using Students in Empirical Studies in Software Engineering Education
Several empirical studies have been carried out with college students as subjects in the last few years. Researchers often use these studies to pilot experiments before they are c...
Jeffrey Carver, Maria Letizia Jaccheri, Sandro Mor...
METRICS
2003
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Using Service Utilization Metrics to Assess the Structure of Product Line Architectures
Metrics have long been used to measure and evaluate software products and processes. Many metrics have been developed that have lead to different degrees of success. Software arch...
André van der Hoek, Ebru Dincel, Nenad Medv...
METRICS
2003
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
An Analogy-Based Approach for Predicting Design Stability of Java Classes
Predicting stability in object-oriented (OO) software, i.e., the ease with which a software item evolves while preserving its design, is a key feature for software maintenance. In...
David Grosser, Houari A. Sahraoui, Petko Valtchev
METRICS
2003
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Design Patterns and Change Proneness: An Examination of Five Evolving Systems
Design patterns are recognized, named solutions to common design problems. The use of the most commonly referenced design patterns should promote adaptable and reusable program co...
James M. Bieman, Greg Straw, Huxia Wang, P. Willar...