No specific reading assignments will be given. The students are required to read the corresponding chapters and/or papers related to the topics covered in class. The following is the list of topics, and the corresponding slides, and chapters from our textbooks or online papers:

• 8314 overview and general information/background:
  • class webpage,
  • online slide set module 1,
  • Tian/EF paper
  • Tian/SQE, Chapter 19 (overview only)
  • Laird&Brennan/SME, Chapters 1-3.
  • Kan/MMSQE, Chapters 3-4.

• Metrics and models, and particularly external metrics:
  • online slide set module 2,
  • Tian/SQE, Chapter 19, 20 and 22.
  • Laird&Brennan/SME, Chapter 6, 7, 8, 9, 12.
  • Kan/MMSQE, Chapter 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14.

• Internal metrics:
  • online slide set module 3,
  • Laird&Brennan/SME, Chapter 4, 5.
  • Kan/MMSQE, Chapter 11, 12.

• Formal models for metrics evaluation:
  • online slide set module 4,
  • Tian-Zelkowitz TSE paper on metrics evaluation/selection, available in Blackboard.
  • Other papers in the reference section of the above paper.

• Recent development and advanced topics:
  • online slide set module 5,
  • Tian SDPS paper and slides on NCSS metrics, available in Blackboard.
  • JSS paper on Web measurement by Li/Alaeddine/Tian, available in Blackboard.
  • ASE'2011 paper slides on AutoODC by Huang et al., available in Blackboard.
  • online slide ESQE (only pp.45-48 needed)