HOW MEANINGFUL ARE TODAYS SOFTWARE METRICS

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作者
BAUMANN, P [1 ]
RICHTER, L [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ZURICH,INST INFORMAT,CH-8057 ZURICH,SWITZERLAND
来源
WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK | 1992年 / 34卷 / 06期
关键词
SOFTWARE METRICS; SOFTWARE QUALITY; SOFTWARE COMPLEXITY;
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TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
An analysis of the classical approach to measure software quality and complexity shows, that today's metrics suffer from an inherent weakness. There exists a discrepancy between what we can effectively measure and what we really want to measure. We illustrate this observation by means of some examples. We would like to draw attention to the fact, that the use of software metrics can possibly be useful, if the obtained results undergo a critical analysis and if they were used with greatest caution.
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页码:624 / 631
页数:8
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