Quantitative Approaches in Object-Oriented Software

The QAOOSE'2005 workshop brought together, for a full day, researchers working on several aspects related to quantitative evaluation of software artifacts developed with the object-oriented paradigm and related technologies. Ideas and experiences were shared and discussed. This report includes a summary of the technical presentations and subsequent discussions raised by them. Nine out of fourteen submitted position papers were presented, covering different aspects such as metrics and code analysis, quality assessment, and empirical studies. In the closing session the participants were able to discuss open issues and challenges arising from researching in this area, as well as they tried to forecast which will be the hot topics for research in the short to medium term. 1 Historical background and motivations QAOOSE 2005 is a direct continuation of eight successful workshops, held at previous editions of ECOOP in Oslo (2004), Darmstadt (2003), Malaga (2002), Budapest (2001), Cannes (2000), Lisbon (1999), Brussels (1998) and Aarhus (1995). The QAOOSE series of workshops has attracted participants from both academia and industry that are involved / interested in the application of quantitative methods in object oriented software engineering research and practice. Quantitative approaches in the OO field is a broad but active research area that aims at the development and/or evaluation of methods, techniques, tools and practical guidelines to improve the quality of software products and the efficiency and effectiveness of software processes. The workshop is open to other technologies related to OO such as component-based systems (CBS), web-based systems (WBS) and agent-based systems (ABS). The relevant research topics are diverse, but include a strong focus on applying empirical software engineering techniques.