Simulation based metrics prediction in software engineering

The software industry is increasingly working towards the goal of software reuse. The use of metrics to assess software modules has long been advocated by the US Army. A combination of these two trends should make it possible for a software developer to predict the metrics of the composite software system given the metrics of the component software modules. It should also enable the developer to make an appropriate choice among many possible modules available in the software repository. The paper presents an approach to solve the above two problems. The metrics suite used is an extension of the US Army STEP metrics, the approach is simulation based, and its theoretical validation is provided from approximation theory