Title :
Tracking, predicting and assessing software reuse costs: an automated tool
Author :
Mili, A. ; Chmiel, S. Fowler ; Gottumukkala, R. ; Zhang, L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV, USA
Abstract :
In a companion paper (Mili et al., 2000), we propose an ROI-based cost model for software reuse, and discuss in what sense and to what extent this model encompasses many relevant aspects of existing software reuse cost models. In this paper, we present an automated tool that supports the model, and we briefly illustrate its operation. The tool which supports the proposed model has two main functions, which we review; we call this tool RCA, for Reuse Cost Analyzer
Keywords :
software cost estimation; software reusability; software tools; RCA tool; ROI-based cost model; Reuse Cost Analyzer; automated software tool; software cost estimation; software reuse cost model; Cost benefit analysis; Cost function; Data engineering; Databases; Frequency; Investments; Permission; Software engineering; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering, 2000. Proceedings of the 2000 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Limerick
Print_ISBN :
1-58113-206-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICSE.2000.870505
