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Observing Distributions in Size Metrics: Experience from Analyzing Large Software Systems
Beijing, China July 24-July 27
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/COMPSAC.2007.1572007 31st Annual International Comput ...
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Rudolf Ramler, Software Competence Center Hagenberg GmbH
Klaus Wolfmaier, Software Competence Center Hagenberg GmbH
Thomas Natschlager, Software Competence Center Hagenberg GmbH
In this paper we observe and compare distributions of popular size metric values from the analysis of different software systems as well as from different consecutive versions of one software system. The typically heavy-tailed distributions are visualized and discussed with the help of Pareto diagrams. We found that the distributions remain remarkable stable over time, support the identification of problem areas by statistical and relative threshold-based filtering, and show the ability to reveal the fundamental characteristics of a software system.
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Rudolf Ramler, Klaus Wolfmaier, Thomas Natschlager, "Observing Distributions in Size Metrics: Experience from Analyzing Large Software Systems," compsac, vol. 2, pp.299-304, 2007 31st Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, 2007
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