Mobile game size estimation: COSMIC FSM rules, UML mapping model and Unity3D game engine

Abdullah, Nur Atiqah Sia; Rusli, Nur Ida Aniza; Ibrahim, Mohd Faisal

doi:10.1109/icos.2014.7042407

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“…The International Function Point User Groups (IFPUG) has proposed guidelines for the application of IFPUG FPA to mobile applications [24,25] and some software companies have used them [26]. As for COSMIC, at the best of our knowledge, three proposals to size mobile applications have been reported in the literature [1,8,13]. A proposal focused on the measurement of mobile games apps [1], while the other two [8,13] proposed some guidelines for an approximate and quick sizing of mobile apps.…”

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“…As for COSMIC, at the best of our knowledge, three proposals to size mobile applications have been reported in the literature [1,8,13]. A proposal focused on the measurement of mobile games apps [1], while the other two [8,13] proposed some guidelines for an approximate and quick sizing of mobile apps. In particular, D'Avanzo et al [8] focused on apps that use internal data storage, while different basic assumptions where made by van Heeringen and van Gorp [13].…”

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“…It is based on fundamental principles of software engineering and measurement theory, and conceived to be applicable to business, real-time, and infrastructure software (or hybrids of these) [2]. Recent studies have investigated the applicability of 1 st and 2 nd generation FSM methods to mobile applications [1,8,13,[23][24][25][26]. This domain is rapidly growing and new software engineering processes, including functional size measurement and estimation methods [23], might be required to improve the quality of these applications.…”

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Investigating Functional and Code Size Measures for Mobile Applications

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Salza

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2015 41st Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications

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In this paper we apply a measurement procedure proposed by van Heeringen and van Gorp to approximate the COSMIC size of mobile applications. We compare this procedure with the one introduced by D'Avanzo et al. We also replicate an empirical study recently carried out to assess whether the COSMIC functional size of mobile applications can be used to estimate the size of the final applications in terms of lines of code, number of bytes of the source code and bytecode. The results showed that the COSMIC functional size evaluated with van Heeringen and van Gorp's method was well correlated to all the size measures taken into account. Nevertheless, the prediction accuracy did not satisfy the evaluation criteria and turned out ot be slightly worse than the one obtained in the original study and based on the approach proposed by D'Avanzo et al.

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Investigating Functional and Code Size Measures for Mobile Applications

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2015 41st Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications

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“…This study included 13 mobile apps from the Google Play Store and applied the same guidance as that applied by D' Avanzo [46] . In relation to the previous invitation, it is fitting to refer to a study by Abdullah, Rusli, and Ibrahim [50], which addressed the complexity of game parameters (requirements and characteristics) in terms of accurately estimating the degree of size and effort needed for mobile game applications. This study adapted COSMIC FSM to estimate the cost and effort incurred when using the Unity3D game engine; the latter is a multi-platform development tool that allows developers to create and design 3D games and applications for mobiles.…”

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“…Moreover, there exists only one study which has applied a cross-platform (Unity3D) approach to estimate the size of the software application [50]; however, this tool is primarily designed for game development and is not suitable for industrial applications [64]. There is a need to conduct more studies that examine and investigate the effort estimation for other cross-platform mobile applications.…”

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Effort Estimation across Mobile App Platforms using Agile Processes: A Systematic Literature Review

Altaleb¹,

Gravell²

2018

JSW

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Abstract:It is predicted that smartphone numbers will increase to 2.8B in 2018, up from around 2B in 2016. Moreover, revenue from application stores is predicted to reach $189B by 2020, up from $88.3B in 2016 1 . Software effort and size estimation are essential when it comes to project managers being able to manage and plan a project so as to prevent it from failing. The planning and development of mobile applications differs from other traditional software applications due to the characteristics of the mobile environment, high autonomy requirements, market competition, and many other constraints. Therefore, this paper presents the results of a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) concerning effort and size estimation models in mobile application development; this is followed by a summary of estimation techniques used across mobile apps. In particular, we focus on the software estimation models that are applicable to the Agile Software Development (ASD) process. The aim of this SLR is to provide researchers and practitioners with an overview of the current state-of-the-art software estimation techniques used in mobile applications. At the end of this review, some suggestions, research gaps and possible future work will be presented.

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