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Predictive Software Measures based on Z Specifications - A Case Study

Software Engineering 2012-07-11 v1

Abstract

Estimating the effort and quality of a system is a critical step at the beginning of every software project. It is necessary to have reliable ways of calculating these measures, and, it is even better when the calculation can be done as early as possible in the development life-cycle. Having this in mind, metrics for formal specifications are examined with a view to correlations to complexity and quality-based code measures. A case study, based on a Z specification and its implementation in ADA, analyzes the practicability of these metrics as predictors.

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@article{arxiv.1207.2237,
  title  = {Predictive Software Measures based on Z Specifications - A Case Study},
  author = {Andreas Bollin and Abdollah Tabareh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.2237},
  year   = {2012}
}

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In Proceedings WS-FMDS 2012, arXiv:1207.1841

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