Title :
Measuring Ada for software in the Software Engineering Laboratory (SEL)
Author :
McGarry, Frank E. ; Agresti, William W.
Author_Institution :
Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
A study with the Ada development language is described that involves the parallel development of a production flight dynamics system by two teams of professional programmers. Both teams worked from the same set of requirements, with one team required to use the normal development process (FORTRAN), while the second team used Ada. Detailed data were collected during the development phases to support the analysis. The experimental approach is discussed, and some of the key results from early, completed studies are presented.<>
Keywords :
Ada; aerospace computing; software engineering; Ada; FORTRAN; NASA; SEL; Software Engineering Laboratory; aerospace computing; flight dynamics; Aerodynamics; Laboratories; NASA; Production systems; Programming profession; Size measurement; Software engineering; Software measurement; Software systems; Space stations;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1988. Vol.II. Software Track, Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kailua-Kona, HI, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0842-0
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1988.11819
