Derivation and Validation of Software Metrics

This is the first book of its kind on software metrics - the measurement of software products and processes used for establishing quality assurance thresholds and in predicting quality levels. This authoritative review of the subject discusses a number of weaknesses which have been discovered over the last ten years and describes a method for the derivation and validation of metrics. This is the first work to describe a methodical derivation process for software metrics and is a major improvement over the current ad hoc ways of developing metrics making this an important and much needed contribution to software engineering.Shepperd, Martin is the author of 'Derivation and Validation of Software Metrics' with ISBN 9780198538424 and ISBN 0198538421.