Title :
A metrics-based software maintenance effort model
Author :
Hayes, Jane Huffman ; Patel, Sandip C. ; Zhao, Liming
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Kentucky Univ., Lexington, KY, USA
Abstract :
We derive a model for estimating adaptive software maintenance effort in person hours, the adaptive maintenance effort model (AMEffMo). A number of metrics such as lines of code changed and number of operators changed were found to be strongly correlated to maintenance effort. The regression models performed well in predicting adaptive maintenance effort as well as provide useful information for managers and maintainers.
Keywords :
software cost estimation; software maintenance; software metrics; adaptive maintenance effort model; metrics-based software maintenance; software cost estimation; Computer science; Costs; Information management; Predictive models; Programming; Software design; Software development management; Software maintenance; Software performance; Software systems;
Conference_Titel :
Software Maintenance and Reengineering, 2004. CSMR 2004. Proceedings. Eighth European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2107-X
DOI :
10.1109/CSMR.2004.1281427
