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Embedded Software: Facts, Figures, and Future
April 2009 (vol. 42 no. 4)
pp. 42-52
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Christof Ebert, Capers Jones, "Embedded Software: Facts, Figures, and Future," Computer, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 42-52, April, 2009.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MC.2009.118,
author = {Christof Ebert and Capers Jones},
title = {Embedded Software: Facts, Figures, and Future},
journal ={Computer},
volume = {42},
number = {4},
issn = {0018-9162},
year = {2009},
pages = {42-52},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MC.2009.118},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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Capers Jones, Software Productivity Research
Due to the complex system context of embedded-software applications, defects can cause life-threatening situations, delays can create huge costs, and insufficient productivity can impact entire economies. Providing better estimates, setting objectives, and identifying critical hot spots in embedded-software engineering requires adequate benchmarking data.

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Index Terms:
Embedded software, Software measurement, Software process, Function points, Estimation, Quality control, CMMI
Citation:
Christof Ebert, Capers Jones, "Embedded Software: Facts, Figures, and Future," Computer, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 42-52, April 2009, doi:10.1109/MC.2009.118
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