An Assessment Framework for Automatic Code Generator Tools
N. Audsley, I. Bate and C. O'Halloran
This paper addresses the assessment Autocode Generators (AG) for their suitability for use in the development of software for critical systems. The assessment methods presented are independent of how the AG was designed; therefore it is applicable to both white box (bespoke) and black box (COTS) AGs. The paper defines a number of attributes that relate to the quality of generated code from an AG and the cost effectiveness of using the AG. A number of metrics are derived to evaluate an AG against the attributes. For evaluation purposes, these metrics are applied to a number of COTS AGs.
BibTex Entry
@inproceedings{Audsley2004c,
author = {N. Audsley and I. Bate and C. O'Halloran},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 22nd International System Safety Conference},
pages = {665-674},
title = {An Assessment Framework for Automatic Code Generator Tools},
year = {2004}
}