DocumentCode
2085512
Title
Metrology, measurement and metrics in software engineering
Author
Abran, Alain ; Sellami, Asma ; Suryn, Witold
Author_Institution
Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Canada
fYear
2003
fDate
3-5 Sept. 2003
Firstpage
2
Lastpage
11
Abstract
Up until recently software ´metrics´ have been most often proposed as the quantitative tools of choice in software engineering, and the analysis of these had been most often discussed from the perspective referred to as ´measurement theory´. However, in other disciplines, it is the domain of knowledge referred to as ´metrology´ that is the foundation for the development and use of measurement instruments and measurement processes. The IEEE-computer society, with the support of a consortium of industrial sponsors, has recently published a guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) and, throughout this guide, measurement is pervasive as a fundamental engineering tool. We use our initial modelling of the sets of measurement concepts documented in the ISO international vocabulary of basic and general terms in metrology to investigate and position the measurement concepts within this body of knowledge, and to identify gaps where further research on software measurement is required.
Keywords
IEEE standards; ISO standards; software metrics; IEEE-computer society; ISO; Imetrology; SWEBOK guide; Software Engineering Body of Knowledge; measurement instruments; measurement theory; software engineering; software measurement; software metrics; software metrology; Computer industry; ISO; Instruments; Knowledge engineering; Metrology; Position measurement; Software engineering; Software measurement; Software metrics; Vocabulary;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Software Metrics Symposium, 2003. Proceedings. Ninth International
ISSN
1530-1435
Print_ISBN
0-7695-1987-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/METRIC.2003.1232451
Filename
1232451
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