Software Metrics and Software Metrology

Software Metrics and Software Metrology
Alain Abran
Contents
Foreword Vii
Preface Ix
Acknowledgments Xvii
About the Author Xix
Part 1: Key Concepts for the Design of Software Measures 1
1 Introduction 3
2 From Measurement Methods to Quantitative
Models: a Measurement Context Model 17
3 Metrology and Quality Criteria in Software
Measurement 47
4 Quantification and Measurement Are Not the Same! 67
5 the Design of Software Measurement Methods 99
Part 2: Some Popular Software Measures: How Good Are They? 129
6 Cyclomatic Complexity Number: Analysis of Its
Design 131
7 Halstead’s Metrics: Analysis of Their Designs 145
8 Function Points: Analysis of Their Design 161
9 Use Case Points: Analysis of Their Design 191
10 Iso 9126: Analysis of Quality Models and Measures 205
Vvi Contents
Part 3: the Design of Cosmic – Iso 19761 229
11 Cosmic: Design of an Initial Prototype 231
12 Cosmic: Scaling Up and Industrialization 247
Part 4: Other Issues in the Design of Software Measures 267
13 Convertibility Across Measurement Methods 269
14 Design of Standard Etalons: the Next Frontier in
Software Measurement 281
Appendix a: List of Acronyms 297
Appendix B: Glossary of Terms in Software Measurement 299
Appendix C: References 305
Index
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