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Software Engineering Measurement

ISBN: 0849315034
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 139

Authors: John C. Munson Ph.D.

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• Table of Contents
• BackCover
• Software Engineering Measurement
• Preface
• Chapter 1: The Goals of Software Engineering Measurement
• 1.2 The Rationale for Effective Measurement
• 1.3 Measurement Across the Life-Cycle Model
• 1.4 Reasonable and Attainable Goals for Software Measurement
• 1.5 Summary
• References
• Chapter 2: The Conduct of Scientific Investigations
• 2.2 Measurement
• 2.3 Measurement Issues
• 2.4 Measurement Standards
• 2.5 Principles of Experimentation
• References
• Chapter 3: Measuring Software Development
• 3.2 Modeling: Mapping Among Measurement Domains
• 3.3 The Process of Software Measurement
• 3.4 Summary
• References
• Chapter 4: Validation of Software Measures
• 4.2 Criterion-Oriented Validity
• 4.3 Content Validity
• 4.4 Construct Validity
• 4.5 Empirical Validity
• 4.6 Reliability
• References
• Chapter 5: Static Software Measurement
• 5.2 Primitive Measures of Source Code
• 5.3 Measures of Software Quality
• 5.4 Summary
• References
• Chapter 6: Derived Software Measures
• 6.2 Software Science Metrics
• 6.3 Sources of Variation
• 6.4 The Principal Components of Measurement
• 6.5 Principal Components Analysis as a Validation Tool
• 6.6 Discovering New Sources of Variation
• 6.7 Domain Metrics
• 6.8 A Unitary Measure of Software Complexity
• 6.9 Summary
• References
• Chapter 7: Modeling with Metrics
• 7.2 Simple Linear Regression
• 7.3 Nonlinear Models
• 7.4 Problems Associated with Multicollinearity
• 7.5 Regression as a Metric Validation Tool
• 7.6 Canonical Correlation
• References
• Chapter 8: Measuring Software Evolution
• 8.2 Measuring Evolving Software
• 8.3 Measuring Changes to Modules Across Builds
• 8.4 Summary
• References
• Chapter 9: Software Specification and Design
• 9.2 Software Operational Requirements Specification
• 9.3 Software Functional Requirements Specification
• 9.4 Software Module Requirements Specification
• 9.5 A Formal Description of Program Operation
• 9.6 Configuration Control for the Requirements
• 9.7 Measuring Software Design Alternatives
• 9.8 Maintainability
• References
• Chapter 10: Dynamic Software Measurement
• 10.2 A Stochastic Description of Program Operation
• 10.3 The Profiles of Software Dynamics
• 10.4 Estimates for Profiles
• 10.5 Code Instrumentation
• 10.6 Instrumenting for the Profiles
• 10.7 Partial Complexity
• 10.8 A Measure of Cohesion
• 10.9 Entropy
• 10.10 Testability Revisited
• References
• Chapter 11: The Measurement of Software Testing Activity
• 11.2 Static and Dynamic Measurement
• 11.3 A Metaphor for Test Activity
• 11.4 Measurement-Based Testing
• 11.5 Fractional Measures
• 11.6 Introduction to Statistical Testing
• References
• Chapter 12: Software Availability
• 12.2 Software Reliability
• 12.3 Availability
• 12.4 Security
• 12.5 Maintainability
• Reference
• Chapter 13: Implementing a Software Measurement Plan
• 13.2 Building a Measurement Process
• 13.3 Measurement Process Improvement
• 13.4 Institutionalizing Measurement Process Improvement
• 13.5 A Network-Based Measurement System
• Chapter 14: Implementing a Software Research Plan
• 14.2 Implementing a Research Plan
• 14.3 Defining Software Research Objectives
• 14.4 Budgeting for Software Research
• 14.5 Research Pays
• Appendix 1: Review of Mathematical Fundamentals
• A1.2 Some Notions of Probability
• A1.3 Discrete Probability Distributions
• A1.4 Continuous Probability Distributions
• A1.5 Statistics
• A1.6 Tests of Hypotheses
• A1.7 Introduction to Modeling
• Appendix 2: A Standard for the Measurement of C Programming Language Attributes
• A2.2 Compiler Directives
• A2.3 Style and Statement Metrics
• A2.4 Lexical Metrics
• A2.5 Control Flowgraph Metrics
• A2.6 Coupling Metrics
• A2.7 Definitions
• A2.8 Tokens
• Index
• Index_B
• Index_C
• Index_D
• Index_E
• Index_F
• Index_G
• Index_H
• Index_I
• Index_J
• Index_K
• Index_L
• Index_M
• Index_N
• Index_O
• Index_P
• Index_Q
• Index_R
• Index_S
• Index_T
• Index_U
• Index_V
• Index_W
• Index_Z
• List of Exhibits