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2002 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering (ISESE'02)
An Approach to Experimental Evaluation of Software Understandability
Nara, Japan
October 03-October 04
ISBN: 0-7695-1796-X
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K. Shima, Y. Takemura, K. Matsumoto, "An Approach to Experimental Evaluation of Software Understandability," Empirical Software Engineering, International Symposium on, pp. 48, 2002 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering (ISESE'02), 2002.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/ISESE.2002.1166925,
author = {K. Shima and Y. Takemura and K. Matsumoto},
title = {An Approach to Experimental Evaluation of Software Understandability},
journal ={Empirical Software Engineering, International Symposium on},
volume = {0},
year = {2002},
isbn = {0-7695-1796-X},
pages = {48},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/ISESE.2002.1166925},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - CONF
JO - Empirical Software Engineering, International Symposium on
TI - An Approach to Experimental Evaluation of Software Understandability
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KW - measurement
KW - experimentation
KW - human factors
KW - reuse
KW - maintenance
KW - and evolution
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JA - Empirical Software Engineering, International Symposium on
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K. Shima, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Y. Takemura, Osaka University of Arts Junior College
K. Matsumoto, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Software understandability is one of important characteristics of software quality because it can influence cost or reliability at software evolution in reuse or maintenance. However, it is difficult to evaluate software understandability in practice because understanding is an internal process of humans. This paper proposes "software overhaul" as a method for externalizing the process of understanding and presents a probability model to use process data of overhaul to estimate software understandability. An example describes an overhaul tool and an application of it.
Index Terms:
measurement, experimentation, human factors, reuse, maintenance, and evolution
Citation:
K. Shima, Y. Takemura, K. Matsumoto, "An Approach to Experimental Evaluation of Software Understandability," isese, pp.48, 2002 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering (ISESE'02), 2002
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