Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

2002

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Khoshgoftaar, Taghi M.

Abstract

In today's world, high reliability has become an essential component of almost every software system. However, since the reliability-enhancement activities entail enormous costs, software quality models, based on the metrics collected early in the development life cycle, serve as handy tools for cost-effectively guiding such activities to the software modules that are likely to be faulty. Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) is an attractive technique for software quality modeling. Software Measurement Analysis and Reliability Toolkit (SMART) is a CBR tool customized for metrics-based software quality modeling. Developed for the NASA IV&V Facility, SMART supports three types of software quality models: quantitative quality prediction, classification, and module-order models. It also supports a goal-oriented selection of classification models. An empirical case study of a military command, control, and communication system demonstrates the accuracy and usefulness of SMART, and also serves as a user-guide for the tool.

Extent

101 p.

Comments

College of Engineering and Computer Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2002.|College of Engineering and Computer Science

Identifier

FADT12967

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