Aspects of software metrics database design

Abstract

There exists a lot of methodology hints, software inspection and review handbooks and metrics tools to support the efficient application of software metrics. The analysis of the different evaluation, counting and measurement results should be supported by database techniques to keep control of the software process. This paper describes the different sources of metrics data and addresses the issue of an effective handling of these data in a unified data model. A first approach is presented for a sample of measurement tasks and applications. It reflects ongoing research in identifying fundamental principles of software metrics database design. Copyright © 1998 John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Integrated Visual Software Analytics on the GitHub Platform

“…This is feasible because such metrics and analyses are determinate and desirable, as their computation can be timeand memory-intensive. For such storage, state-of-the-art approaches are applicable and usually chosen based on structural complexity, amount of data, and a developers' personal preference [36]. As a result, there is a broad diversity in the data models, storage systems, and formats used.…”