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Vijendra Singh
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Computational
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Computational Methods
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Vijendra Singh Vijayan K. Asari
School of Computer Science Department of Electrical
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies and Computer Engineering
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Department of Computer Science R. B. Patel
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Preface
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xii About the Editors
advising, and technical leadership awards. Prof. Asari received the Outstanding
Teacher Award from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in
April 2002 and the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Frank Batten College of
Engineering and Technology in April 2004. Prof. Asari has published more than
480 research papers including 80 peer-reviewed journal papers co-authoring with
his graduate students and colleagues in the areas of image processing, computer
vision, pattern recognition, machine learning, and high-performance digital system
architecture design. Prof. Asari has been a Senior Member of the IEEE since 2001
and is a Senior Member of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
(SPIE). He is a Member of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS),
IEEE CIS Intelligent Systems Applications Technical Committee, IEEE Computer
Society, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, Association for Computing Machinery
(ACM), and American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).
1 Introduction
In the software engineering main concern about constructing the software and assem-
bling the hardware, with the help of reuse component device as well as reuse the
software development [1]. The component-based software development (CBSD)
approach to build the well-defined system and independent development source code
component based on software reuse [2]. This process reduced the project development
time and effort, also decrease the cost of expenditure and increased software produc-
tivity. In the development of project [3] “A coherent package of software artifacts,”
the individual components are developed and deliver the entire software component,
to adapt the client software system [4]. Few industries developed software compo-
nent are available in the market for the in-house development or third party software
component like a commercial software or open-source [5]. Few example companies
like an: Microsoft’s Component Object Model, DCOM,.NET Framework, Sun’s Java
Beans, Enterprise Java Beans, J2EE Specification and Object Management Group,
Common Object Request Broker Architecture[6]. Commercial off the shelf (COTS)
product is readymade available software like a plug-and-play nature, which can be
tested by the company and source code cannot be modified. “A COTS product as
one that is (i) sold, leased, or licensed to the general public, (ii) offered by a vendor
trying to profit from it, (iii) supported and evolved by the vendor, (iv) available in
multiple identical copies, or (v) used without modification of the internals” [7].
After this introduction, Sect. 2 defines the literature review of various component-
based quality models. Section 3 discusses the software quality standard for the
component. In Sect. 4 about the architecture of software quality for CBSD model.
Section 5 discusses the theoretical approach for Cohesion and Coupling measurement
of packages. In Sect. 6 discussion about the conclusion.
Lai et al. (2011) in the Component-based software development mainly focus on the
effort estimations of software like a cost and schedule prediction [3]. This paper is
more focused about implementation and testing component of the module, which
can exactly mention identifying the suitable component according to their project
requirements and architectural design. It is not a developer based component adapta-
tion, so component we can identify, assessing and system selection based on budget
and schedule of completion. Lai et al. (2011) in the Component-based software devel-
opment mainly focus on the effort estimations of software like a cost and schedule
prediction. This paper more focused about implementation and testing component of
the module, which can exactly mention identifying the suitable component according
to their project requirements and architectural design. It is not a developer based
Software Quality Optimization of Coupling and Cohesion … 3
to control and minimize the complexity, reduced software design, software testing
and system maintenance. An interaction complexity measures the total average of
interface component base system not exceed than the overall component-based soft-
ware development. If it increases we cannot control the complexity and reliability
of the system & software attribute. It has been proved in the empirical study. Tomar
et al. (2010) this author explains about the Component-based software development
of reusability also ensure that the functionality and quality of the system [14]. The
more complicated process of software measurement on the component-based soft-
ware system utilized the methodology of verification and validation [15] testing. X
model approach is used in this paper for the independent development of software
and commercial off-the-shelf package [16]. According to the client requirement for
the software, projects are moved into the component repository select the suitable
component, assemble the software package and integrate into the system.
In the field software engineering mainly focused on the quality of the software [17],
it is trying to improve the performance of the system as well as increased reliability
among the system software. According to the IEEE Standard Glossary of Software
Engineering Terminology [18] software quality is defined as “the degree to which a
system, system component, or process meets specified requirements “, or “the degree
to which a system, system component, or process meets customer or user needs
or expectations [19]. There are several methodologies we followed like a quality
assurance of software, metric assessment of the system and controlled quality of the
software [20]. In the software system hold various characteristic of analyzing the set
of attribute and significant features of a product, which meets the customer or user
expectations [21]. For measuring software quality mainly followed the IEEE standard
which expresses the client satisfaction and future modification [22]. A high-quality
product is one which has associated with it many quality factors. The product quality
focused on the ISO-15504-5 and ISO/IEC JTC1 used in the Process quality [23].
In this quality, model differentiates two different steps for measuring the software
quality using the characteristics and sub-characteristics [24]. The evaluation of a
software system using the hierarchical model to show the various factors relationship
among other factor elements depends upon the following steps:
This module focused on the functionality. The functional activities of the entire
software package, which is related to the high-level programming language. Maintain
the proper system according to client response, as well as update the functional
module as per the client request.
Software Quality Optimization of Coupling and Cohesion … 5
This module provide a piece of special information about the software system factor
and sub-factor with the accurate testing result.
To measure the performance of the software package, analyze the complexity and
increase the usability of the system. For measuring the quality of software’s are
analysing on basis of Testing phases it holds two different methodologies like a White
box testing and Black box testing. In this assessment source code of programming
languages can measure in white box testing but not in black-box testing. Black box
testing was used to measure the COTS component of in-house development and
characteristic applied to the other software packages (Fig. 1).
Fig. 1 A standard
measurement of component
quality
6 M. Iyyappan and A. Kumar
In this proposed architecture model describe the various phases of the software devel-
opment life cycle. For the business application development, a major concern about
the client requirement and their satisfaction, are the big challenges for the software
developer. This module explains the client requirement and analysis, select the suit-
able component from the repository for the COTS package, also check the adaptation
of software component with the help of various quality factors. After the prediction
of various quality attributes then moved to the metric measurement of the quality
model. Then the final step of our proposed methodology is the integration on the
client software system as well as monitoring process are enabled like maintainability
and replaceability.
Client prerequisite component for the new software system. Analysis phase and
specification of the software are majorly required to build the new component system,
to satisfy the client software.
This module describes the various component repository which can hold more
components according to the client requirement for the business application. This
repository contains various component specification and design module which helps
analyse the client software system.
with Reuse is not compatible for client requirement then repository starts to develop
the new component approach to the member of the pool.
The developer will verify and validate that selected suitable component from the
repository of warehouse artifacts. This COTS component package is perfectly fixed
on the software system because this reuse process is reducing cost, time, increase
the efficiency, reduced complexity and increased the reliability.
8 M. Iyyappan and A. Kumar
For maintaining a higher level of quality among the software we are following the
ISO/IEC standard quality model. In this standard followed various characteristics like
a System functionality, Software reliability, usability of software, Time efficiency,
System maintainability and portability compliance. In addition to those standard
quality measurement using Security and System compatibility.
• System Functionality—System Functionality holds the group of an attribute
which is reflected from the existing available functional model and its proper-
ties of the system. This functionality model provided various services and its
operations as per the client requirement because it contains faster delivery of soft-
ware products with the lower cost of the budget. In this software sub-characteristic
of the quality model for the following, steps are used like as a set of attributes
that bear on the existence of a set of functions and their specified properties (ISO
1991). It means that the software should provide the functions and services as
per the requirement when used under the specified Condition. Pre-existing soft-
ware with low cost, faster delivery of end product. The sub-characteristics under
functionality are System Suitability, Software Accuracy, Interoperability module,
Security of System and Functionality Compliance.
• System Suitability—System Suitability depends upon the developer requirement,
either it’s perfectly fit into software packages or not. Because measuring the
software at the time development it is very difficult, so this suitability moves
according to the fitness function.
• Software Accuracy—In this system functionality, the developer used to measure
the software packages to analyze the accurate result system performance and its
suitable module. From this accuracy, the developer can decide either to continue
the package development or not.
• Interoperability Module—In this interoperability module, Attributes of soft-
ware package that bear on its ability to interact with specified software systems.
This indicates whether the format of the data, handled by the target software is
compliant with any international standard. For using this type of interaction and
standard, it increased the functionality of the system.
• Security of System—In this functionality module, the protection of system items
from accidental damage or malicious access of another user, modification of soft-
ware and destruction of programming. We can avoid such a problem to protect
the functionality of the system database.
• Functionality compliance—Functionality compliance is a method of stan-
dard procedures are followed properly for the software products, like a func-
tional guiding factor, standard rule and regulations. It is also improved func-
tional bonding among the software packages and recognized by the standard
certifications.
• Software Reliability—In reliability, mainly discuss the probability of failure and
creating a problem on the system or software at a specific period of moment. For
Software Quality Optimization of Coupling and Cohesion … 9
These following modules, are used the Inheritance of hierarchy steps like a tree
structure which is related to the packages, classes and methods similar to the
object-oriented programming. In this Empty Packages are helpful to measure the
null value of the software system which behaves like an idle performance of
the system. The major concern about the Complexity of Low cohesion (CLC)
and the Complexity of High cohesion (CHC) is used for measuring software
package as on the base theoretical approach. Coupling and cohesion depend on
the direct measurement and indirect measurement between the high cohesion and
low coupling. Here, took a similar project of existing real data set value which is
used to measure the CLC and CHC to show the comparative result of new metric
real data (Table 1).
Table 3 Comparison with the correlation coefficient values of low and high other metrics
Parameters CLC CHC PCoh LCOM LCOM1 ICH SCC
Correlation coefficient 0.20 0.48 0.69 −0.32 −0.34 0.12 0.27
Significance value 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05
From the above results of Table 3, it can be concluded that we can reject the
null hypothesis and can trust the alternative hypothesis. Hence there is a strong
relationship between the calculation of package cohesion component complexity
metric and the component reusability.
CCIin
MCCD = (1)
CCIin + CCIout
where CCIin is the number of coupling and cohesion interaction input within
modules, and CCIout is the number of coupling and cohesion interaction output
between the distinct modules.
Software Quality Optimization of Coupling and Cohesion … 13
M
CIPi
ACIP = (2)
i=0
m
0.10 ≤ X i ≤ 30
n
(Input parameter )
CIPi = (3)
Value
i=0
0(No parameter)
M
COPi
ACOP = (4)
i=0
m
n
COPi = (ORi ∗ Wr ) + (ONi ∗ Wn ) + (OCi ∗ Wc ) (5)
i=0
In this comparison, the table result is observed from the experimental study which
contains the real data set value for measuring the complexity of component from
coupling and cohesion. From the experimental study taken a proposed value of 8
different developed components which is used for the interaction among the coupling
and cohesion, refer Table 4.
From the below results in it can be concluded that the components having the
high values of cohesion and low coupling associated with their proposed algorithm
of Hexa-oval, interface density module, the Component parameter of inside, outside
and average calculation of optimum components selection framework.
Software Quality Optimization of Coupling and Cohesion … 15
In this phase regular monitoring the software and system behaviour how it’s
responding to every module of the source-code programming. The Client feedback
is a necessary consideration of the system maintenance on the CBSE process. If
existing software applications are not up to the business market standard, so the
developer tries to replace the new component based on software reusability.
In Fig. 3 complexity measurement of Component Low Cohesion and Component
High Cohesion result are compared and observed the result from MATLAB software.
For observing the cohesion metric measurement uses the correlation coefficient value
with the real data set package of the component software. The lower value consists of
less cohesiveness among the one software module to another programming module
but if it is preferred to choose the higher value of interaction provide improved
performance of high cohesiveness among the two different software packages. Here
blue bar diagram mentioning about low and yellow bar chart representing higher
relations. In Fig. 4 comparisons among the various metric parameters to analyse the
complexity of the software component. This reduced level of complexity improves
the efficiency and reliable performance of the system. The existing metrics like a
PCoh, LCOM, LCOM1, ICH and SCC are compared with the proposed cohesion
measurement of CLC and CHC provide the better result with the positive observation
from the complexity measurement of the software package.
In Fig. 5 examination result is seen from the MATLAB Optimization and Simulink
programming are utilized to watch the exhibition and think about the product quality
for the open-source part. In this procedure interface segments are required for the
bundle estimation of source code which is accessible for the created segment and
creating segment. This interface part is utilized to watch the unpredictability among
the useful modules for programming upkeep and framework usage. So advanced
metric estimation of coupling and cohesion worth is utilized for interface among the
two distinct parts.
Software Quality Optimization of Coupling and Cohesion … 17
6 Conclusion
The product quality paper totally talks about the different parameters and quality
variables. The product attributes and submodule qualities are utilized to quantify
the measurement estimation of the quality characteristic. Besides, the procedure is
isolated about the standard quality estimations utilizing framework usefulness and
programming execution for the in-house part improvement. At that point select the
reasonable segment from the COTS bundle, adjust the segment into the product
framework. At that point, the following procedure is to examine the variables of
programming quality with various standard functionalities. The metric estimation
assumes a significant job in the part based programming improvement to make an
interface between coupling and union, intricacy estimation of inside and outside
parameter. This paper watched near aftereffect of attachment estimation between the
elevated level bundle and low-level bundle, at that point demonstrated the cyclo-
matic multifaceted nature result for the coupling connection of low-level interface.
In this, connection of useful and non-useful factor are watched for the better nature
of programming and its dependability. Here recommended ensuring the best possible
starting arranging, gathering the best possible prerequisite, source code plan and ideal
usage with the assistance of testing improved the product quality for segment-based
programming advancement.
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Of sun-kissed marbles, on a shady stair,
Near which uprose a fountain’s liquid sheen,
Pan sought repose, and heard a minstrel tell
In plastic verse of Here’s potent spell;
VIII.
Which, on a mountain-couch of vernal flowers,
Lulled by its might the Thunderer to sleep,
Who lay, regardless of the ebbing powers
Of Ilion’s champion, locked in swoonings deep.
Here, while he sat, a sudden silence fell
On all the street, that, quiet as the cell
IX.
Of Indian saint by Ganges’ marge afar,
Within a moment’s interval became;
For on a rose-ensanguined ivory car,
Of swanlike shape, and lovelier than the wain
Of Dawn, came Laïs, Eros’ idol fair,
Delicious, soft, and warm as vernal air.
X.
A golden tiar begirt her forehead white,
Which flashed with many an orient amethyst,
With jacinth, pearl, and opal’s fire-red light;
Each gem the guerdon of a burning kiss
On Asian lords bestowed, who wore the crowns
Of those voluptuous Ionian towns—
XI.
Miletus, Smyrna, and the rest, that line
The eastern margin of the central sea;
Whence many a burnished galley o’er the brine
To Corinth crosses, drawn by witchery
Of laughter-swimming eyes and rosy lips,
Wherein she doth all other towns eclipse.
XII.
Slow rolled proud Laïs’ wheels—while here and there,
On warrior, bard, and sage, who spell-bound stood,
She showered familiar smiles, that flushed the air,
And thrilled each heart in all the multitude;
Her partial glances raised a prouder glow
Than all the wreaths that glory could bestow.
XIII.
Pan, at her presence, felt his cloud-robe turn
Fire-red, like vapors round the sinking sun;
Not thus for dreamy Dian did he burn;
And how a kiss might from her lips be won,
He of his horn-clad brain assistance sought,
Which, full of schemes, struck out a subtle thought.
XIV.
For swift as light, from some far river’s meads,
A hornet flying drove his venomed sting
Into the foreheads of her glossy steeds;
They, bolting upward, made a sudden spring,
That snapped, like gossamer threads, each leathern trace,
And dashed the chariot on a statue’s base.
XV.
By arms invisible the falling dame
Was held unwounded in the yielding air;
And on her brow there fell a fiery rain
Of kisses, caught from lips in ambush there;
Then gently to the earth her form declined,
While rose a reed-like murmur on the wind.
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