Norman Fenton - Böcker

A Framework for Managing, Measuring, and Predicting Attributes of Software Development Products and ProcessesReflecting the immense progress in the development and use of software metrics in the past decades, Software Metrics: A Rigorous and Practical Approach, Third Edition provides an up-to-date, accessible, and comprehensive introduction to software metrics. Like its popular predecessors, this third edition discusses important issues, explains essential concepts, and offers new approaches for tackling long-standing problems.New to the Third EditionThis edition contains new material relevant to object-oriented design, design patterns, model-driven development, and agile development processes. It includes a new chapter on causal models and Bayesian networks and their application to software engineering. This edition also incorporates recent references to the latest software metrics activities, including research results, industrial case studies, and standards.Suitable for a Range of ReadersWith numerous examples and exercises, this book continues to serve a wide audience. It can be used as a textbook for a software metrics and quality assurance course or as a useful supplement in any software engineering course. Practitioners will appreciate the important results that have previously only appeared in research-oriented publications. Researchers will welcome the material on new results as well as the extensive bibliography of measurement-related information. The book also gives software managers and developers practical guidelines for selecting metrics and planning their use in a measurement program.

The Correctional Community: An Introduction and Guide explores innovative methodologies in institutional rehabilitation, emphasizing the use of social group dynamics to foster resocialization among inmates. Rooted in modern correctional practices, this guide examines the implementation of therapeutic community models originally developed in mental health institutions, adapted to meet the unique challenges of correctional environments. By promoting unified value systems among staff and inmates and enhancing communication, the book presents a transformative approach to rehabilitation, aiming to prepare offenders for constructive lives post-incarceration.This comprehensive resource outlines the foundational elements of the correctional community, including large group sessions, small group interactions, and individual counseling, complemented by staff post-session evaluations. Developed through collaboration with correctional experts and supported by federal initiatives, the book serves as a valuable training tool for professionals in the field. It offers insights into the integration of therapeutic practices within correctional systems, ultimately seeking to reduce recidivism and improve community reintegration outcomes for offenders.This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.

The Correctional Community: An Introduction and Guide explores innovative methodologies in institutional rehabilitation, emphasizing the use of social group dynamics to foster resocialization among inmates. Rooted in modern correctional practices, this guide examines the implementation of therapeutic community models originally developed in mental health institutions, adapted to meet the unique challenges of correctional environments. By promoting unified value systems among staff and inmates and enhancing communication, the book presents a transformative approach to rehabilitation, aiming to prepare offenders for constructive lives post-incarceration.This comprehensive resource outlines the foundational elements of the correctional community, including large group sessions, small group interactions, and individual counseling, complemented by staff post-session evaluations. Developed through collaboration with correctional experts and supported by federal initiatives, the book serves as a valuable training tool for professionals in the field. It offers insights into the integration of therapeutic practices within correctional systems, ultimately seeking to reduce recidivism and improve community reintegration outcomes for offenders.This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1967.

Since the first edition of this book published, Bayesian networks have become even more important for applications in a vast array of fields. This second edition includes new material on influence diagrams, learning from data, value of information, cybersecurity, debunking bad statistics, and much more. Focusing on practical real-world problem-solving and model building, as opposed to algorithms and theory, it explains how to incorporate knowledge with data to develop and use (Bayesian) causal models of risk that provide more powerful insights and better decision making than is possible from purely data-driven solutions.FeaturesProvides all tools necessary to build and run realistic Bayesian network modelsSupplies extensive example models based on real risk assessment problems in a wide range of application domains provided; for example, finance, safety, systems reliability, law, forensics, cybersecurity and moreIntroduces all necessary mathematics, probability, and statistics as neededEstablishes the basics of probability, risk, and building and using Bayesian network models, before going into the detailed applicationsA dedicated website contains exercises and worked solutions for all chapters along with numerous other resources. The AgenaRisk software contains a model library with executable versions of all of the models in the book. Lecture slides are freely available to accredited academic teachers adopting the book on their course.

Since the first edition of this book published, Bayesian networks have become even more important for applications in a vast array of fields. This second edition includes new material on influence diagrams, learning from data, value of information, cybersecurity, debunking bad statistics, and much more. Focusing on practical real-world problem-solving and model building, as opposed to algorithms and theory, it explains how to incorporate knowledge with data to develop and use (Bayesian) causal models of risk that provide more powerful insights and better decision making than is possible from purely data-driven solutions.FeaturesProvides all tools necessary to build and run realistic Bayesian network models Supplies extensive example models based on real risk assessment problems in a wide range of application domains provided; for example, finance, safety, systems reliability, law, forensics, cybersecurity and more Introduces all necessary mathematics, probability, and statistics as needed Establishes the basics of probability, risk, and building and using Bayesian network models, before going into the detailed applicationsA dedicated website contains exercises and worked solutions for all chapters along with numerous other resources. The AgenaRisk software contains a model library with executable versions of all of the models in the book. Lecture slides are freely available to accredited academic teachers adopting the book on their course.