Software readability is a property that influences how easily a given piece of code can be read and understood. Since readability can affect maintainability, quality, etc., prog...
Given the increasing dependence of our societies on networked information systems, the overall security of these systems should be measured and improved. Existing security metrics...
This paper addresses not only the question of testability measurement of OO designs but also focuses on its practicability. While detecting testability weaknesses (called testabil...
Certain forms of mathematical expression are used more often than others in practice. A quantitative understanding of actual usage can provide additional information to improve th...
Based on our recent experience in four projects, each focused on either security-critical or safety-critical software, this paper evaluates several notions, widely held by RE rese...
Constance L. Heitmeyer, Ralph D. Jeffords, Ramesh ...