To help identify the strengths of proposed software measurement methods, this paper proposes an analytical approach based on metrology concepts documented in the ISO International Vocabulary of Basic and General Terms in Metrology. This approach is illustrated with a case study using one specific functional size measurement method recognized as an ISO standard: COSMIC-FFP (ISO 19761). The case ...

The Function Scale (FS) method, which measures the size of a software system, was developed by Fujitsu in 2004 and has since been used extensively for software developed mainly for internal use within the Fujitsu Group. Up to now, the Function Point (FP) method has been the de facto standard for software size estimation and has been widely used as a functional size measurement method. Compared ...

Function Point Analysis measures user requested functionality independent of the technology used for implementation. Software applications are represented in an abstract model that contains the items that contribute to the functional size. When Function Point Analysis is applied to object-oriented software, the concepts of the development method have to be mapped into that abstract model. This ...

Agile software development (ASD) methods were introduced as a reaction to traditional software development methods. Principles of these methods are different from traditional methods and so there are some different processes and activities in agile methods comparing to traditional methods. Thus ASD methods require different measurement practices comparing to traditional methods. Agile teams oft...

This paper addresses a multi-stage stochastic integer programming formulation of the uncapacitated lot-sizing problem under uncertainty. We show that the classical (`, S) inequalities for the deterministic lot-sizing polytope are also valid for the stochastic lot-sizing polytope. We then extend the (`, S) inequalities to a general class of valid inequalities, called the (Q, SQ) inequalities, an...

Two methods were used to determine the mean cell diameters of 37 samples of human adipose tissue, obtained by open or needle biopsy. Method I was the sizing of cells in cell suspensions and Method II was a quick, simple method of sizing cells from fixed sections. The agreement between the two methods was good (r = 0.93, P = less than 0.001). The results using Method II were slightly lower than ...

Here we study the discrete lot-sizing problem with an initial stock variable and an associated variable upper bound constraint. This problem is of interest in its own right, and is also a natural relaxation of the constant capacity lot-sizing problem with upper bounds and fixed charges on the stock variables. We show that the convex hull of solutions of the discrete lot-sizing problem is obtain...

This study discusses the development and test of a four-size HeightWeight sizing program of partial pressure and exposure suits designed for the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force. The sizing program is based upon an anthropometric survey of over 200 subjects, conducted at five air bases throughout Japan during the spring of 1961. The statistical rationale used in devising the Height-Weight progra...

Deciding on an appropriate population size for a given GA application can often be critical to the algorithm's success. Too small, and the GA can fall victim to sampling error, affecting the efficacy of its search. Too large, and the GA wastes computational resources. Although advice exists for sizing GA populations, much of this advice involves theoretical aspects that are not accessible to th...

This article shows the first results of the adoption of COSMIC Full Function Points as a sizing method replacing function point analysis. The main arguments why COSMIC-FFP was chosen will be explained, the transformation plan will be shown together with the first results of the use of COSMIC-FFP. Next to the management requirement that the new functional sizing method had to be a standard a num...