Index_P

P

Partially ordered scale, 26

Pascal programming language, array elements in, 92

PASS, see Space Shuttle Primary Avionics Software System

Path count, node, 79

PCA, see Principal components analysis

People

attributes, 45, 48, 49

measuring, 47, 348

models controlling for effects of, 51

Permutations, nomenclature, 376

Phrenology, developer of, 370

Pointer, definition of, 93

Poisson distribution, 381

Polynomial models, 164

Practical Software Measurement (PSM), 9

Predicate node, 78, 411

Predictive models, 139, 394

Predictive validity, 57

PRESS statistic, computing of, 160

Prime flowgraph, 79, 80

Primitive measurements, 23

Principal components analysis (PCA), 115, 116

by-product of, 185

with DS metric, 125

-FI tool, 206, 208

PASS metrics, 121

revised, 186

sources of variation uncovered by, 186

transformation coefficients obtained from, 337

use of to create orthogonal measures for software modules, 177

use of to detect collinearity, 165

with varimax rotation, 184

Principia Mathematica, 365

Probability

density function, 255, 379

distribution(s), 378

continuous, 380, 382

discrete, 380

Process

attributes, 45

communication metrics, PCA with, 126

Processing node, 78, 82, 411

Product

attributes, 45

-oriented research, 373

Profile(s)

estimates for, 254

execution, 259, 284

functional, 248, 249, 251, 263

module, 262, 318

operational, 248, 249, 264

test execution, 276

Program(s)

attributes, enumeration of, 106

block count, 208

calculated length of, 110

change request system, 348

combined potential volume of, 112

complexity

dynamic, 237, 294

increase in, 195

decomposition, sample, 85

dynamics, measure of, 278

emergence of overall structure of, 12

entropy measure, 278

estimated implementation time for, 111

execution profile, 250, 255

functional profile, 248, 249, 251

implementation length of, 110

iteration constructs, 79

language level of, 111

length, Halstead, 124

module(s), 178, see also Module

binding, attribute of, 105

control complexity of, 66

control flowgraph of, 77

control structure within, 260

data structures complexity of, 93

direct enumeration of paths in, 86

DR-Count, 158

factored, 131

fault index of, 278

FI values of, 340

flow of control among, 94

individual potential volume of, 112

internal structure of, 77

LOC measurement of, 113

operand tokens in, 110

operator tokens in, 110

specifications, 222

operation

formal description of, 224

stochastic description of, 248

properties, measurement of, 65

size, measures of, 69, 71

statements, 70, 71

executable, 70, 71

nonexecutable, 70, 74, 75

rules for counting, 73

stress tested, 303

testability, 239

tokens, 75

trouble report (PTR), 333, 346–347

changes made in response to, 336

lines of source code associated with, 339

pocket, 334

purpose of, 347

system, 346

UNIX RCS, 101

vocabulary, 23, 110

Programmer(s)

C++, 68

classes of, 26

COBOL, 32, 50

errors, rate of, 52

experience, 50

ALGOL, 50–51

Basic, 50–51

COBOL, 50–51

FORTRAN, 50–51

HAL/S, 50–51

Java, 50–51

JOVIAL, 50–51

LISP, 50–51

NELIAC, 50–51

SLIP, 50–51

FORTRAN, 31

IQ value, 57

productivity, measurement of, 33

programming ability, reliable assessment of, 56

prospective, 57

unexplained variation among, 17

Programming

ability, test of, 59

Java application, 50

tests, ad hoc, 60

Programming language

ALGOL, 312

C, lower bound of array in, 92

C++, 366, 367, 368

comparison, 366

FORTRAN, 92, 368

HAL/S, 115, 134, 168

Java, 367, 368

metaphors, 73, 89, 221

Pascal, array elements in, 92

practice, literature on, 69

SNOBOL, string in, 92

universal, 366

wrong decision in choice of, 368

Propagation errors, 28

Pseudoscience, 62, 111, 241, 242

PSM, see Practical Software Measurement

Psychological entities, 3

Psychometric literature, 62

PTR, see Program trouble report