NDLI: Analytical and empirical evaluation of software reuse metrics

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Devanbu, P. Karstu, S. Melo, W. Thomas, W.
Copyright Year	1996
Description	Author affiliation: Software & Syst. Res. Lab., AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA (Devanbu, P.)
Abstract	How much can be saved by using existing software components when developing new software systems? With the increasing adoption of reuse methods and technologies, this question becomes critical. However, directly tracking the actual cost savings due to reuse is difficult. A worthy goal would be to develop a method of measuring the savings indirectly by analyzing the code for reuse of components. The focus of the paper is to evaluate how well several published software reuse metrics measure the "time, money and quality" benefits of software reuse. We conduct this evaluation both analytically and empirically. On the analytic front, we introduce some properties that should arguably hold of any measure of "time, money and quality" benefit due to reuse. We assess several existing software reuse metrics using these properties. Empirically, we constructed a toolset (using GEN+S) to gather data on all published reuse metrics from CS+ code; then, using some productivity and quality data from "nearly replicated" student projects at the University of Maryland, we evaluate the relationship between the known metrics and the process data. Our empirical study sheds some light on the applicability of our different analytic properties, and has raised some practical issues to be addressed as we undertake broader study of reuse metrics in industrial projects.
Starting Page	189
Ending Page	199
File Size	1397576
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0818672471
ISSN	02705257
DOI	10.1109/ICSE.1996.493415
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1996-03-25
Publisher Place	Germany
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Costs Software quality Software systems Software measurement Productivity Computer industry USA Councils Industrial relations Software testing Software maintenance
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Software

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