NDLI: Measuring software reusability

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Poulin, J.S.
Copyright Year	1994
Description	Author affiliation: Loral Federal Syst., Owego, NY, USA (Poulin, J.S.)
Abstract	This paper examines various approaches to measuring software reusability. Knowing what makes software "reusable" can help us learn how to build new reusable components and help us to identify potentially useful modules in existing programs. The paper begins by establishing a taxonomy of approaches to reusability metrics based on their empirical or qualitative orientation. The paper then examines the disciplines, theories, and techniques used by numerous existing reusability measurement methods as they relate to the taxonomy. Recognizing that most of these methods focus exclusively on internal characteristics of components and ignore environmental factors, the paper challenges reusability researchers to incorporate domain attributes into their metrics. In fact, the application domain represents a critically important factor in whether or not we find a component reusable. The research, framework, and conclusions should provide a useful reference for persons interested in ways to determine the reusability of software.
Starting Page	126
Ending Page	138
File Size	1110379
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0818666323
DOI	10.1109/ICSR.1994.365803
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1994-11-01
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Software measurement Software reusability Taxonomy Documentation Application software Software quality Guidelines Testing Character recognition Data mining
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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