Measurement of database systems: an empirical study

dc.contributor.author	MacDonell, Stephen	en_NZ
dc.contributor.author	Shepperd, Martin	en_NZ
dc.contributor.author	Sallis, Philip	en_NZ
dc.date.copyright	1996-08	en_NZ
dc.identifier.citation	MacDonell, S., Shepperd, M., & Sallis, P. (1996). Measurement of database systems: an empirical study (Information Science Discussion Papers Series No. 96/15). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/1092	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10523/1092
dc.description.abstract	There is comparatively little work, other than function points, that tackles the problem of building prediction systems for software that is dominated by data considerations, in particular systems developed using 4GLs. We describe an empirical investigation of 70 such systems. Various easily obtainable counts were extracted from data models (e.g. number of entities) and from specifications (e.g. number of screens). Using simple regression analysis, prediction systems of implementation size with accuracy of MMRE=21% were constructed. Our work shows that it is possible to develop simple and effective prediction systems based upon metrics easily derived from functional specifications and data models.	en_NZ
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dc.publisher	University of Otago	en_NZ
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Information Science Discussion Papers Series	en_NZ
dc.subject	metrics	en_NZ
dc.subject	entity-relationship models	en_NZ
dc.subject	4GL	en_NZ
dc.subject	empirical	en_NZ
dc.subject	prediction	en_NZ
dc.subject.lcsh	QA76 Computer software	en_NZ
dc.title	Measurement of database systems: an empirical study	en_NZ
dc.type	Discussion Paper	en_NZ
dc.description.version	Unpublished	en_NZ
otago.bitstream.pages	10	en_NZ
otago.date.accession	2011-01-24 03:28:36	en_NZ
otago.school	Information Science	en_NZ
otago.openaccess	Open
otago.place.publication	Dunedin, New Zealand	en_NZ
dc.identifier.eprints	1065	en_NZ
otago.school.eprints	Software Metrics Research Laboratory	en_NZ
otago.school.eprints	Information Science	en_NZ
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otago.relation.number	96/15	en_NZ