An Experimental Study on the Reliability of COSMIC Measurement Results

2009-11-06
Ungan, Erdir
Demirörs, Onur
Top, Ozden Ozcan
Ozkan, Baris
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.
19th International Workshop on Software Measurement/3rd International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement

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Citation Formats
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.