An Experimental Study on the Reliability of COSMIC Measurement Results

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2009-11-06

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Ungan, Erdir
Demirörs, Onur
Top, Ozden Ozcan
Ozkan, Baris

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In this paper, we present the results of a functional software size measurement experiment. We have conducted this experiment to analyze variances in functional software size measurement results among individuals. We aimed to isolate the factors that cause these variances. At the end of the study, statistical results are displayed. Common measurement problems were presented including their causes. And finally factors leading to discrepancies were identified based on these findings.

Subject Keywords

COSMIC, Functional Size Measurement, Function Points, Estimation, Reliability, Experiment, Empirical Study

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/55102

Conference Name

19th International Workshop on Software Measurement/3rd International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement

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E. Ungan, O. Demirörs, O. O. Top, and B. Ozkan, “An Experimental Study on the Reliability of COSMIC Measurement Results,” Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS, 2009, vol. 5891, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/55102.