CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering. Volume 20, Number 12

Abstract

CONTENTS: 1) Geriatric Issues of Aging Software by Capers Jones: Capers Jones discusses the need of every company to evaluate and consider best practices for maintenance and to avoid common worst practices. 2) Performance-Based Software Sustainment for the F-35 Lightning II by Lloyd Huff and George Novak: This article describes some of the revolutionary conclusions and products of an analysis of the sustainment for the F-35 and provides a look forward to performance-based sustainment of software for the multinational F-35 fleet. 3) Reference Metrics for Service-Oriented Architectures by Dr. Yun-Tung Lau: This article presents a set of reference metrics for measuring the quality of services in Service-Oriented Architectures. 4) A Primer on Java Obfuscation by Stephen Torri, Derek Sanders, Dr. Drew Hamilton, and Gordon Evans: This article describes the three major techniques of Java obfuscation used in present state-of-the-art tools. 5) Advancing Defect Containment to Quantitative Defect Management by Alison A. Frost and Michael J. Campo: This article provides samplings of derived defect measures with steps on how to create them.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA487067

Entities

People

  • Alison A. Frost
  • Capers Jones
  • Derek Sanders
  • Drew Hamilton
  • George Novak
  • Gordon Evans
  • Lloyd Huff
  • Michael J. Campo
  • Stephen Torri
  • Yun-tung Lau

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Application Software
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Engineers
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Intellectual Property
  • Maintenance
  • Operating Systems
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • Software Metrics
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Military History
  • Software Engineering.