Evaluating the Surgeon´s Assistant: results of a pilot study

Author

Gallagher, Keith Brian

Author_Institution

Loyola Coll., Baltimore, MD, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

9-12 Nov 1992

Firstpage

236

Lastpage

244

Abstract

The author reports on an empirical evaluation of decomposition slicing as a maintenance method as implemented in the Surgeon´s Assistant. The improvement-oriented software maintenance model presented by H. D. Rombach and B.T. Ulery (1988) is used as the foundation. A reprise of software process modeling, a short introduction to software maintenance process modeling, and the definition of the evaluation model are presented. Decomposition slicing induces changes in the standard maintenance model; the evaluation attempts to measure the effectiveness of the induced model as compared with the standard one. The evaluation is a pilot study. A preliminary comparison is made using certain defined metrics. This yields some insights into the strengths and weaknesses of the tool and its applicability in certain scenarios

Keywords

software maintenance; Surgeon´s Assistant; decomposition slicing; empirical evaluation; improvement-oriented software maintenance model; maintenance; software process modeling; Educational institutions; Humans; Measurement standards; Software maintenance; Software measurement; Software prototyping; Software tools; Surges; Vehicle driving; Vehicle dynamics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Maintenance, 1992. Proceerdings., Conference on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2980-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSM.1992.242538

Filename

242538