Reusability Index: A Measure for Assessing Software Assets Reusability

Apostolos Ampatzoglou; Stamatia Bibi; Alexander Chatzigeorgiou; Paris Avgeriou; Ioannis Stamelos

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-90421-4_3

Reusability Index: A Measure for Assessing Software Assets Reusability

Apostolos Ampatzoglou, Stamatia Bibi, Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, Paris Avgeriou, Ioannis Stamelos

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Abstract

© 2018, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature. The reusability of assets is usually measured through reusability indices. However, these indices either do not synthesize their constituent metrics into an aggregate or they do not capture all facets of reusability, such as structural characteristics, external qualities, and their documentation. To alleviate these shortcomings, we introduce a reusability index (REI) as a synthesis of various software metrics that cover a number of related reusability aspects. Furthermore, we evaluate its ability to quantify reuse, by comparing it to existing indices through a case study on 15 reusable open-source assets (i.e., libraries and frameworks). The results of the study suggest that the proposed index presents the highest predictive and discriminative power, it is the most consistent in ranking reusable assets, and the most strongly correlated to their levels of reuse.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Conference on Software Reuse ICSR 2018
Subtitle of host publication	New Opportunities for Software Reuse
Editors	R. Capilla, B. Gallina, C. Cetina
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	43-58
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-90421-4
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-90420-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90421-4_3
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	International Conference on Software Reuse ICSR 2018: New Opportunities for Software Reuse - Madrid, Spain Duration: 21-May-2018 → 23-May-2018

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	10826

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Conference	International Conference on Software Reuse ICSR 2018
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Madrid
Period	21/05/2018 → 23/05/2018

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Metrics
Quality model
Reusability
Validation

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Ampatzoglou, A., Bibi, S., Chatzigeorgiou, A., Avgeriou, P., & Stamelos, I. (2018). Reusability Index: A Measure for Assessing Software Assets Reusability. In R. Capilla, B. Gallina, & C. Cetina (Eds.), International Conference on Software Reuse ICSR 2018: New Opportunities for Software Reuse (pp. 43-58). ( Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 10826). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90421-4_3

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Ampatzoglou, A, Bibi, S, Chatzigeorgiou, A, Avgeriou, P & Stamelos, I 2018, Reusability Index: A Measure for Assessing Software Assets Reusability. in R Capilla, B Gallina & C Cetina (eds), International Conference on Software Reuse ICSR 2018: New Opportunities for Software Reuse. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 10826, Springer Verlag, Cham, pp. 43-58, International Conference on Software Reuse

ICSR 2018, Madrid, Spain, 21/05/2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90421-4_3

Reusability Index: A Measure for Assessing Software Assets Reusability. / Ampatzoglou, Apostolos; Bibi, Stamatia; Chatzigeorgiou, Alexander et al.
International Conference on Software Reuse ICSR 2018: New Opportunities for Software Reuse. ed. / R. Capilla; B. Gallina; C. Cetina. Cham: Springer Verlag, 2018. p. 43-58 ( Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 10826).

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Ampatzoglou A, Bibi S, Chatzigeorgiou A, Avgeriou P, Stamelos I. Reusability Index: A Measure for Assessing Software Assets Reusability. In Capilla R, Gallina B, Cetina C, editors, International Conference on Software Reuse ICSR 2018: New Opportunities for Software Reuse. Cham: Springer Verlag. 2018. p. 43-58. ( Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-90421-4_3

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