remofp a tool for counting function points from uml requirement modelsremofp计数的工具功能点从uml需求模型.pdf

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Advances in Software Engineering Volume 2011, Article ID 495232, 7 pages doi:10.1155/2011/495232 Research Article ReMoFP: A Tool for Counting Function Points from UML Requirement Models 1 2 1 ´ 1 Vitor A. Batista, Daniela C. C. Peixoto, Eduardo P. Borges, Wilson Padua, 2 ´ ´ 1 Rodolfo F. Resende, and Clarindo Isaıas P. S. Padua 1 Synergia, Department of Computer Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-010, Brazil 2 Department of Computer Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-010, Brazil ´ Correspondence should be addressed to Wilson Padua, wppf@ Received 20 December 2010; Accepted 16 February 2011 Academic Editor: Letha Hughes Etzkorn Copyright © 2011 Vitor A. Batista et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Function Point Analysis (FPA) is a widely used technique for measuring software size. It measures software functionality from the user’s perspective, usually based on a requirements description. In many software processes, these requirements are represented by UML models. Although there have been attempts to automate the measurement process, FPA counting requires a considerable amount of interpretation which, to be reliable, should be made by experts. On the other hand, fully manual counting methods usually fail t