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A Prediction Model for Software Change using Object-oriented Metrics

객체지향 메트릭을 이용한 변경 발생에 대한 예측 모형

  • Published : 2007.07.15
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Abstract

Software changes for various kinds of reasons and they increase maintenance cost. Software metrics, as quantitative values about attributes of software, have been adopted for predicting maintenance cost and fault-proneness. This paper proposes relationship between some typical object-oriented metrics and software changes in industrial settings. We used seven metrics which are concerned with size, complexity coupling, inheritance and polymorphism, and collected data about the number of changes during the development of an Information system on .NET platform. Based on them, this paper proposes a model for predicting the number of changes from the object-oriented metrics using multiple regression analysis technique.

다양한 이유로 소프트웨어는 변경이 될 수 있으며 이는 유지보수 비용의 상승을 초래한다. 소프트웨어 메트릭은 클래스의 특성에 대한 정량적인 값으로서 유지보수 비용, 결함의 가능성 여부 등을 예측하는데 사용되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 대표적인 객체지향 메트릭과 산업체의 실제 소프트웨어 개발 과정에서 발생하는 변경 발생 횟수와의 관계를 제시한다. 규모, 복잡도, 결합도, 상속과 다형성 측면에서 7개의 메트릭이 사용되었으며, .NET 플랫폼 기반의 정보 시스템의 개발 과정에서 변경 발생 횟수에 대한 자료를 수집하였다. 본 논문에서는 다중회귀분석 기법을 이용하여 사용된 객체지향 메트릭으로부터 변경 발생횟수를 예측하는 모형을 제시한다.

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