Object-oriented software metrics: a practical guide
Object-oriented software metrics: a practical guide
Function-point analysis using design specifications based on the unified modelling language
Journal of Software Maintenance: Research and Practice
A Function Point-Like Measure for Object-Oriented Software
Empirical Software Engineering
A Comparison of Function Point Counting Techniques
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
A Formal Definition of Function Points for Automated Measurement of B Specifications
ICFEM '02 Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods: Formal Methods and Software Engineering
Object-Oriented Function Points: An Empirical Validation
Empirical Software Engineering
An Empirical Study of the Correlations Between Function Point Elements
METRICS '99 Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Software Metrics
Function Point Measurement Tool for UML Design Specification
METRICS '99 Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Software Metrics
Automated software size estimation based on function points using UML models
Information and Software Technology
Formalization Studies in Functional Size Measurement: How Do They Help?
IWSM '09 /Mensura '09 Proceedings of the International Conferences on Software Process and Product Measurement
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Estimating software size is a difficult task that requires a methodological approach. Many different methods that exist today use distinct abstractions to depict a software system. The gap between abstractions becomes even greater with object-oriented artifacts developed in unified modeling language (UML). In this paper, a formal foundation for the representation of functional size measurement (FSM) methods is presented. The generalized abstraction of the software system (GASS) is then used to formalize different functional measurement methods, namely the FPA, MK II FPA and COSMIC-FFP. The same model is also used for object-oriented projects where UML artifacts are mapped into the GASS form. The algorithms in symbolic code for those UML diagrams that are crucial for size estimation are also given. The mappings defined in this paper enable diverse FSM methods to be supported in estimation tools, the automation of counting steps and a higher-level of independence from the FSM method, since the software abstraction is written in a generalized form. Both improvements are crucial for the practical use of FSM methods.