Title :
EMERALD: software metrics and models on the desktop
Author :
Hudepohl, John P. ; AUD, STEPHEN J. ; Khoshgoftaar, Taghi M. ; Allen, Edward B. ; Mayrand, Jean
Author_Institution :
BNR, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
BNR, NORTEL, and Bell Canada have jointly developed the Enhanced Measurement for Early Risk Assessment of Latent Defects (EMERALD) system for decision support, integrating software measurements, quality models, and delivery of results to the desktop of software developers in a timely manner (J.P. Hudepohl et al., 1996). It has been applied to a very large system with more than 12 million lines of code within procedures. The prerequisite infrastructure for reliability improvement includes a strong configuration management system, a flexible source code library system, a thorough problem reporting system, and widespread networking of the desktop systems of developers. Such systems are not part of EMERALD per se, but EMERALD would have been impossible without them
Keywords :
configuration management; software metrics; software quality; EMERALD; Enhanced Measurement for Early Risk Assessment of Latent Defects; configuration management system; decision support; desktop; prerequisite infrastructure; problem reporting system; quality models; reliability improvement; software developers; software measurements; software metrics; source code library system; very large system; widespread networking; Computer science; Data engineering; Guidelines; Software libraries; Software measurement; Software metrics; Software quality; Software reliability; Software testing; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Assessment of Software Tools, 1996., Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Toronto, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7390-7
DOI :
10.1109/AST.1996.506489
