Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications (한국정보과학회논문지:소프트웨어및응용)

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Techniques to Predict External Quality from Internal Quality Metrics for Object Oriented Software Components

객체지향 기반 소프트웨어 컴포넌트의 내부 품질 메트릭을 이용한 외부 품질 추정 기법

  • 박지환 (숭실대학교 컴퓨터학과) ;
  • 신석규 (TTA IT시험연구소 S/W시험센터) ;
  • 김수동 (숭실대학교 컴퓨터학과)
  • Published : 2003.08.01
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Abstract

Various quality models using quality factor, quality criteria and metrics have been proposed in order to evaluate quality of software products. However, a customized quality model which is specific to the characteristics of software component is required. In this paper, we propose external quality prediction techniques enable us to predict what external quality the final software product will have by using metrics as with internal attributes of software in development. We also propose a model not only for measuring quality by using metrics but also for applying internal attributes of ISO 9126 into artifacts of software component development.

소프트웨어 제품의 품질을 평가하기 위한 방법으로써 품질 요소, 품질 항목 및 여러 가지 메트릭을 이용한 품질 모델들이 제시되어 왔다. 하지만, 소프트웨어의 품질을 보다 정확하게 평가하기 위해서는 각각의 특징에 맞는 특화된 모델이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 소프트웨어 컴포넌트 개발에 있어서 개발이 진행중인 상태의 소프트웨어 내부 속성에 적절한 메트릭을 적용시킨 결과를 이용하여 개발 완료 후의 소프트웨어가 가지게 되는 외부 품질을 어떻게 추정하는지에 대한 외부 품질 추정 모델을 제시한다. 소프트웨어 품질을 측정하기 위한 메트릭을 적용한 결과로써 품질 자체를 측정하는데 한정하지 않고, ISO 9126에서 제시하는 소프트웨어의 내부 속성을 이용하여 소프트웨어 컴포넌트 개발의 각 산출물에 어떻게 적용시키는지에 대한 모델을 예제를 통하여 제시한다.

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