NDLI: A comparative study on software reuse metrics and economic models from a traceability perspective

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Mascena, J.C.C.P. de Almeida, E.S. de Lemos Meira, S.R.
Copyright Year	2005
Description	Author affiliation: Recife Center for Adv. Studies & Syst., Fed. Univ. of Pernambuco, Brazil (Mascena, J.C.C.P.; de Almeida, E.S.; de Lemos Meira, S.R.)
Abstract	A fundamental task when employing software reuse is evaluating its impacts by measuring the relation of reused and developed software, the cost for obtaining reuse and the cost avoided by reusing software during development and maintenance. Different reuse related metrics exist in the literature, varying from strictly code-based metrics, aiming to measure the amount of code reused in a product, to more elaborate cost-based metrics and models, aiming to measure the costs involved in reuse programs and to evaluate the impacts of reuse in software development. Although reuse is commonly claimed to benefit maintenance, the traceability problem is still neglected on the reuse metrics arena, despite its great impacts on software maintenance. Reuse metrics may be used as important support tools for dealing with the traceability between reused assets and their clients. The goal of this work is to evaluate the current state of the art on the reuse metrics area with special emphasis on code-based metrics, building on previous surveys with further analysis and considerations on the applicability of such metrics to reuse traceability.
Sponsorship	IEEE Syst., Man and Cybernetics Soc. (IEEE SMC)
Starting Page	72
Ending Page	77
File Size	140082
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780390938
DOI	10.1109/IRI-05.2005.1506452
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2005-08-15
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Software maintenance Costs Software measurement Programming Software quality Information analysis Software metrics Productivity Software systems Computer industry
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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