Software metrology: Foundations, concepts and techniques for improving quantitative management in software engineering

软件计量：改进软件工程定量管理的基础、概念和技术

• 批准号: 197277-2011
• 负责人: Abran, Alain
• 金额: $ 1.75万
• 依托单位: École de technologie supérieure
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=508150
• 关键词: Software; metrology; Foundations; concepts; techniques

Throughout the industry, and the scientific community, measurement is pervasive as a fundamental research tool. In software engineering, 'software metrics' are also proposed as the quantitative tools of choice, and analysis of these 'metrics' was most often carried out only from the perspective referred to as 'measurement theory'. However, in other disciplines it is the much more comprehensive domain of knowledge referred to as 'metrology' that is the foundation for the development and use of measurement instruments and measurement processes. In the software engineering literature, numerous practitioners and researchers have proposed hundreds of 'software measures', or 'software metrics'. To help assess the quality of the software metrics they designed, researchers have proposed various approaches to software measurement validation, none of which has yet been widely used by either designers or users of software measures. To tackle the challenges in the design and validation of software measures, this research program adopts the more comprehensive set of concepts and practices from the domain of metrology for strong designs of measurement methods.

在整个行业和科学界，测量作为一种基本的研究工具无处不在。在软件工程中，“软件度量”也被提议作为选择的定量工具，并且这些“度量”的分析通常仅从称为“度量理论”的角度进行。然而，在其他学科中，它是被称为“计量学”的更全面的知识领域，是测量仪器和测量过程的开发和使用的基础。在软件工程文献中，许多从业者和研究人员提出了数百种“软件度量”或“软件度量”。为了帮助评估他们设计的软件度量的质量，研究人员已经提出了各种方法来软件度量验证，其中没有一个被软件度量的设计者或用户广泛使用。为了应对软件测量设计和验证方面的挑战，本研究计划采用了来自计量领域的更全面的概念和实践，以实现强大的测量方法设计。