[aosd-discuss] AOP Metrics

[Kevin Sullivan]

The work of Sullivan et al., ACM SIGSOFT FSE 2005, and earlier work FSE
2001,
explore the plausibility a financial metric of  the value of modurity in
software design,
based on the work of Carliss Baldwin and Kim Clark. They use design
structure
(coupling) matrices and a risky design space analog of a more traditional
concept
of real options, which are themselves capital investment analogs of
financial (e.g.,
stock) options, and which have been proposed for making tangible the
otherwise
intangible value of flexibility in capital investment decision-making
processes. The
basic idea in both FSE papers is to get a (very) back-of-the-envelope sense
of
whether this sort of metric might conceivably make any sense whatsoever for
real software. The FSE 05 paper in particular, applies these ideas to an
analysis
of modularity in AOP, and finds that the metrics tend to agree with an
intuitive
reading of design structure matrix representations. The FSE 2005 paper used
this financial analysis to some extent in reaching and evaluating support of
the
notion of crosscut programming interfaces (XPIs). C. Lopes has also applied
the
work of Baldwin & Clark to try to assess the relative value of the AO
modularity.
We continue to work hard to improve and test such financial metrics of
modularity
in software architectures.

King Regards,
Kevin Sullivan

On 10/20/06, Awais Rashid <marash at comp.lancs.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Have a look at the work done by Garcia et al at Lancaster, PUC-Rio, etc.
> The
> following papers are good starting points:
>
> A. Garcia, C. Sant'Anna, E. Figueiredo, U. Kulesza, C. Lucena, and A. v.
> Staa, "Modularizing Design Patterns with Aspects: A Quantitative Study ",
> International Conference on Aspect-Oriented Software Development (AOSD),
> 2005, ACM, pp. 3-14.
>
> A. Garcia, C. Sant'Anna, E. Figueiredo, U. Kulesza, C. Lucena, A. von
> Staa,
> "Modularizing Design Patterns with Aspects: A Quantitative Study",
> Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development, Vol. 1, Springer
> 2006,
> pp. 36-74.
>
> N. Cacho, C. Sant'Anna, E. Figueiredo, A. Garcia, T. Batista, and C.
> Lucena,
> "Composing Design Patterns: A Scalability Study of Aspect-Oriented
> Programming", International Conference on Aspect-Oriented Software
> Development (AOSD), 2006, ACM, pp. 109-121.
>
> Awais.
>
> ________________________________________
> From: discuss-bounces at aosd.net [mailto:discuss-bounces at aosd.net] On Behalf
> Of Seybou Allagouma
> Sent: 20 October 2006 10:47
> To: discuss at aosd.net
> Subject: [aosd-discuss] AOP Metrics
>
> Greetings
>
> I am doing research about AOP metrics. Is there any place i can find
> thator articles about that?
> Anykind of design metrics will help.
>
> Regards
>
> Seybou
>
>
>
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Kevin Sullivan
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