A comprehensive code-based quality model for embedded systems: Systematic development and validation by industrial projects

Proceedings - International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 281-290

  Mayr, Alois ^a   Plösch, Reinhold ^a   Kläs, Michael ^b   Lampasona, Constanza ^b   Saft, Matthias ^c  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b FRAUNHOFER IESE   (Germany)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Code quality; Embedded systems software; ESQM; Quality assessment; SQUAD

Indexed keywords

CODE QUALITY; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS SOFTWARE; ESQM; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; SQUAD;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

EID: 84876361544     PISSN: 10719458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSRE.2012.4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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