Predictive Software Measures based on Z Specifications - A Case Study
Andreas Bollin, Abdollah Tabareh · Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science · 2012
Estimating the effort and quality of a system is a critical step at the beginning of every software project. It is necessary to have reliable ways of calculating these measures, and, it is even better when the calculation can be done as early as possible in the development life-cycle. Having this in mind, metrics for formal specifications are examined with a view to correlations to complexity and quality-based code measures. A case study, based on a Z specification and its implementation in ADA, analyzes the practicability of these metrics as predictors.