The automated assessment of computer software documentation quality using the objectives/principles/attributes framework

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dc.contributor.authorDorsey, Edward Vernonen
dc.contributor.committeechairNance, Richard E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberArthur, James D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHenry, Sallie M.en
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:32:37Zen
dc.date.adate2010-03-30en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:32:37Zen
dc.date.issued1992-10-15en
dc.date.rdate2010-03-30en
dc.date.sdate2010-03-30en
dc.description.abstractSince humans first put pen to paper, people have critically assessed written work; thus, the assessment of documents per se is not new. Only recently, however, has the issue of formalized document quality assessment become feasible. Enabled by the rapid progress in computing technology, the prospect of an automated, formalized system of quality assessment, based on the presence of certain attributes deemed essential to the quality of a document, is feasible. The existing Objectives/Principles/Attributes Framework, previously applied to code assessment, is modified to allow application to documentation quality assessment. An automated procedure for the assessment of software documentation quality assessment and the development of a prototype documentation analyzer are described. A major shortcoming of the many quality metrics that are proposed in computer science is their lack of empirical validation. In pursuit of such necessary validation for the measures proposed within this thesis, a study is performed to determine the agreement of the measures rendered by Docalyze with those of human evaluators. This thesis demonstrates the applicability of a quality assessment framework to the documentation component of a software product. Further, the validity of a subset of the proposed metrics is demonstrated.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentx, 161 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-03302010-020606en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03302010-020606/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/41870en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1992.D677.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 27691055en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1992.D677en
dc.subject.lcshComputer software -- Automationen
dc.subject.lcshSoftware documentation -- Evaluation -- Automationen
dc.titleThe automated assessment of computer software documentation quality using the objectives/principles/attributes frameworken
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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