Towards a functional size measure for object-oriented systems from requirements specifications

Proceedings - Fourth International Conference on Quality Software, QSIC 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 94-101

  Condori Fernández, Nelly ^a   Abrahão, Silvia ^a   Pastor, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

COSMIC FFP; Functional Size Measurement; Requirements Model

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STANDARDS;

COSMIC-FFP; FUNCTIONAL SIZE MEASUREMENTS; REQUIREMENTS MODELS; SOFTWARE LIFE CYCLE;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 14044273660     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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