Syllabus

Coordinator: Dr. Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
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Catalog Description

Prerequisite: Some knowledge of software engineering or permission of instructor.

Basic concepts, techniques, and applications of software complexity metrics. Topics covered include theory of measurement, applying measurements to software, token-based metrics, control-flow metrics, data collection, cost estimation models, productivity measures, quality and reliability models.

Textbook

Software Metrics by Norman E. Fenton and Shari L. Pfleeger. Second Edition, International Thomson Computer Press, 1997

References

Software Complexity by H. Zuse, Walter de Gruyter Publishing Co., 1991

Software Engineering Metrics and Models by S. Conte, H. Dunsmore and J. Shen, Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Co., 1986

Goals

To enable students to understand basic concept of software engineering measures.

Prerequisite by Topics

1. Some knowledge of software engineering
2. Scientific programming in a high level language
3. Knowledge of probability and statistics

Topics

1. Preliminaries
2. Fundamentals of Measurement
3. A Framework for Software Measurement
4. Experimental Design and Analysis
5. Software Measurement Validation
6. Data Collection and Analysis
7. Setting Up a Measurement Program
8. Measuring Process Attributes
9. Making Process Predictions
10. Measuring Internal Software Product Attributes
11. Measuring External Software Product Attributes
12. History and Industrial Applications

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