TY - BOOK AU - Fenton,Norman E. AU - Bieman,James TI - Software metrics: a rigorous and practical approach T2 - Chapman & Hall/CRC innovations in software engineering and software development SN - 9781439838228 (hardback) AV - QA76.758 .F46 2015 U1 - 005.302 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press, Taylor & Francie Group KW - Software measurement KW - Computer software KW - Evaluation KW - COMPUTERS / Software Development & Engineering / General KW - bisacsh KW - MATHEMATICS / General N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-576) and index N2 - "This book provides an up-to-date and rigorous framework for controlling, managing, and predicting software development processes. Emphasizing real-world applications, the authors apply basic ideas in measurement theory to quantify software development resources, processes, and products. The text offers an accessible and comprehensive introduction to software metrics. It features extensive case studies in addition to worked examples and exercises. This new edition covers current research and practical applications of cost estimation methods in practice"-- ER -