Title :
Class point: an approach for the size estimation of object-oriented systems
Author :
Costagliola, Gennaro ; Ferrucci, Filomena ; Tortora, Genoveffa ; Vitiello, Giuliana
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Matematica e Informatica, Salerno Univ., Italy
Abstract :
In this paper, we present an FP-like approach, named class point, which was conceived to estimate the size of object-oriented products. In particular, two measures are proposed, which are theoretically validated showing that they satisfy well-known properties necessary for size measures. An initial, empirical validation is also performed, meant to assess the usefulness and effectiveness of the proposed measures to predict the development effort of object-oriented systems. Moreover, a comparative analysis is carried out, taking into account several other size measures.
Keywords :
object-oriented programming; prediction theory; software cost estimation; software metrics; software quality; statistical analysis; class point; function point analysis; object-oriented systems; Computer Society; Costs; Current measurement; Maintenance; Object oriented modeling; Particle measurements; Performance evaluation; Predictive models; Size measurement; Software measurement; Function Point Analysis; Index Terms- Object-oriented systems; effort prediction model.; empirical validation; size measures; theoretical validation;
Journal_Title :
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
