Browsing by Author "Dorsey, Edward V."

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    Software Quality Measurement: Validation of a Foundational Approach
    Arthur, James D.; Nance, Richard E.; Bundy, Gary N.; Dorsey, Edward V.; Henry, Joel (Department of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1991)
    This report discusses the first year findings of a proposed three year investigation effort that focuses on the assessment and prediction of software quality. The research exploits fundamental linkages among software engineering Objectives, Principles and Attributes (the OPA framework). Process, code and document quality indicators are presented relative to the OPA framework, with elaboration on their individual roles in assessing and predicting software quality. The synthesis of an Ada code analyzer is discussed as well as proposed complementary tools comprising an automated data collection and report generation system. Key Words and Phrases: Simulation quality assessment and prediction; software engineering objectives, principles and attributes; software quality indicators, process indicators, code indicators, document quality indicators.
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    Software Quality Measurement: Validation of a Foundational Approach (Final Report, Year Two)
    Arthur, James D.; Nance, Richard E.; Dorsey, Edward V. (Department of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1992)
    This report discusses the second year findings of a proposed four year investigation effort that focuses on the assessment and prediction of software quality. The research exploits fundamental linkages among software engineering Objectives, Principles, and Attributes (the OPA framework). Process and documentation quality indicators (DQI) are presented relative to the OPA framework with an elaboration on their individual role in assessing and predicting software quality. The development of a document quality analyzer is discussed, with a particular emphasis being placed on the selected subset of DQI measures that it provides.