Title :
Language-based approaches to software measurement
Author :
Cogan, Boris I. ; Hunter, Robin B.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Autom. & Control Processes, Vladivostok, Russia
Abstract :
Approaches to software measurement have normally been based on the measurement of models of the software rather than the software itself and, although many software documents are written in languages with well-defined syntax and semantics, the well-developed theory of programming languages is not normally used as a basis for software measurement. The paper advocates the use of language-based approaches to software measurement and outlines some recent work in which the authors have been involved
Keywords :
programming languages; software metrics; language-based approaches; programming language theory; semantics; software documents; software measurement; syntax; Automatic control; Automation; Computer industry; Computer languages; Natural languages; Process control; Production; Software engineering; Software measurement; Software metrics;
Conference_Titel :
Software Metrics Symposium, 1996., Proceedings of the 3rd International
Conference_Location :
Berlin
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7365-6
DOI :
10.1109/METRIC.1996.492438
