Can Statistical Methods Help Solve Problems in Software Measurement?

Frederick G. Sayward
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Frederick G. Sayward: Yale University, Department of Computer Science

A chapter in Computer Science and Statistics: Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on the Interface, 1981, pp 192-198 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The study of software metrics involves the creation and analysis of quantitative indices of merit which can be assigned to software, either existing or proposed. These measurements of software provide informational aids to be used in making software lifecycle decisions. A panel commissioned to analyze and evaluate the problems in the emerging field of software metrics has recently issued a report. An overview of the panel’s findings, including how statisticians might be of help in solving some problems in software measurement, is presented.

Keywords: Cost estimation; human factors; manpower loading; program complexity measures; single subject experiment; software experiments; software lifecycle; software metrics; software reliability estimation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1981
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-9464-8_28

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