Class point: an approach for the size estimation of object-oriented systems

G. Costagliola; F. Ferrucci; G. Tortora; G. Vitiello

doi:10.1109/tse.2005.5

Class point: an approach for the size estimation of object-oriented systems

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering ◽

10.1109/tse.2005.5 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 52-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 62

Author(s):

G. Costagliola ◽

F. Ferrucci ◽

G. Tortora ◽

G. Vitiello

Keyword(s):

Object Oriented ◽

Size Estimation ◽

Object Oriented Systems ◽

Class Point

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Software size estimation of object-oriented systems

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering ◽

10.1109/32.52774 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 16 (5) ◽

pp. 510-522 ◽

Cited By ~ 66

Author(s):

L.A. Laranjeira

Keyword(s):

Object Oriented ◽

Size Estimation ◽

Software Size Estimation ◽

Object Oriented Systems

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Corrigenda: software size estimation of object-oriented systems

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering ◽

10.1109/32.588544 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 23 (4) ◽

pp. 260-261 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

B. Henderson-Sellers

Keyword(s):

Object Oriented ◽

Size Estimation ◽

Software Size Estimation ◽

Object Oriented Systems

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Source code size estimation approaches for object-oriented systems from UML class diagrams: A comparative study

Information and Software Technology ◽

10.1016/j.infsof.2013.09.003 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 56 (2) ◽

pp. 220-237 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Yuming Zhou ◽

Yibiao Yang ◽

Baowen Xu ◽

Hareton Leung ◽

Xiaoyu Zhou

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Source Code ◽

Object Oriented ◽

Size Estimation ◽

Code Size ◽

Class Diagrams ◽

Object Oriented Systems

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A METRIC FOR THE SIZE ESTIMATION OF OBJECT-ORIENTED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES

International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering ◽

10.1142/s0218194000000304 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 10 (05) ◽

pp. 581-603 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

G. COSTAGLIOLA ◽

F. FERRUCCI ◽

G. TORTORA ◽

G. VITIELLO

Keyword(s):

User Interfaces ◽

Object Oriented ◽

Software Project ◽

Size Estimation ◽

Interactive Applications ◽

Planning Software ◽

Function Point ◽

Size Measure ◽

Critical Components ◽

Class Point

In order to achieve quality products with reliable cost and effort estimations, one of the main tasks for planning software project development is size estimation. This is especially true when dealing with interactive applications which represent critical components in a software project. In the paper, we address the problem of the size estimation of interactive graphical applications developed using the object-oriented methodology. In particular, we define and validate a metric, the Class Point metric, for estimating the size of object-oriented GUIs. The method is based on the idea of quantifying classes in a program analogous to function counting performed by the function point metric. Theoretical validation has proven the consistency of the Class Point metric as size measure. Empirical validation provides evidence that the Class Point metric is a useful measure for OO software size.

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