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ASEA 2011: Software Engineering, Business Continuity, and Education pp 137–146Cite as

COSMIC Functional Size Measurement Using UML Models

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Abstract

Applying Functional Size Measurement (FSM) early in the software life cycle is critical for estimation purposes. COSMIC is a standardized (ISO 19761) FSM method. COSMIC has known a great success as it addresses different types of software in contrast to previous generations of FSM methods. On the other hand, the Unified Modeling Language (UML) is an industrial standard software specification and modeling language. In this paper, we present a literature survey and analysis of previous research work on how to apply COSMIC functional size measurement using UML models. Moreover, we introduce a UML-based framework targeting the automation of COSMIC FSM procedures. In particular, we discuss the motivation and the rationale behind our approach, which consists in extending UML through the design of a specific UML profile for COSMIC FSM to support appropriately functional size measurements of software using UML models.

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  1. Departement of Software and IT Engineering, École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), Montréal, Canada

    Soumaya Barkallah, Abdelouahed Gherbi & Alain Abran

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  1. Multimedia Engineering Department, Hannam University, 133 Ojeong-dong, Daeduk-gu, Daejeon, Korea

    Tai-hoon Kim

  2. The Ohio State University, 470 Hitchcock Hall, 2070 Neil Avenue, 43210-1275, Columbus, OH, USA

    Hojjat Adeli

  3. Catholic University of Daegu, South Korea

    Haeng-kon Kim

  4. Dept. of Computer Engineering, Mokwon University, 800, Doan-dong, Seo-gu, 302-729, Daejeon, Korea

    Heau-jo Kang

  5. Woosuk University, 565-701, Jeollabuk-do, Korea

    Kyung Jung Kim

  6. University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI, USA

    Akingbehin Kiumi

  7. School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia

    Byeong-Ho Kang

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Barkallah, S., Gherbi, A., Abran, A. (2011). COSMIC Functional Size Measurement Using UML Models. In: Kim, Th., et al. Software Engineering, Business Continuity, and Education. ASEA 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 257. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27207-3_14

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