CSE 8317 (Spring, 2003): Homework Assignments
Assignment #1: Literature Research
Use the online
resources for software engineering/quality literature
as your guide,
search some journals/magazines/proceedings to find
some articles on software quality/reliability/safety,
and do the following:
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Browse through at least 3 recent
(no more than 10 years old under most circumstances,
and typically within the last 5 years)
periodical/proceeding issues
where some of the relevant papers in the subject
area appear.
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List related papers for each issue
by the following three topic areas:
- software reliability engineering
- software safety engineering
- general discussion about software quality
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Indicate the total number of papers in each issue,
and the general topic areas.
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If you choose to do an individual study presentation,
choose your paper.
In addition, if you plan to do a "literature survey" type of
project,
indicate which paper(s) will be among your candidate papers.
Notice: You may want to use some of the more recent papers
from our class notes/textbooks as index
into selected periodical/proceedings issues.
However, this may work better for older issues instead of newer ones.
Due Date for hw#1
- In-class and TAGER students: 1/29/03.
- VideoTape students: Post-mark by 2/12/03.
Assignment #2: Paper Summary/Critique
Select one paper about software reliability from homework #1
(or from one of the chapters in one of our references
that we'll not specifically cover in class, -- check with me about this)
and write a short summary, analysis, and critique.
You summary/analysis/critique should be around 3 or 4 double-spaced
pages of text.
Pay special attention to its relevance to CSE 8317.
Some specifics about this assignment are listed below:
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The summary should be your own summary, based on your understanding of the
paper, not the authors' summary.
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The analysis and critique is an important part of your essay,
which may include, among other things,
an analysis based on what we covered in class on related topics,
your subjective assessment of the paper,
what would you do differently,
practical impact of the reported work.
It is desirable if you can make it relevant to what you are doing at work.
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If you are choosing a chapter from a book,
you need to let me know ahead of time and get my approval via e-mail.
Due Date for hw#2
- In-class and TAGER students: 2/12/03.
- VideoTape students: Post-mark by 2/26/03.
Assignment #3: Paper Summary/Critique
Repeat assignment #2 for a software safety related paper.
Due Date for hw#3
- In-class and TAGER students: 3/26/03.
- VideoTape students: Post-mark by 4/9/03.
Individual Study Presentation
Notice: You may choose either of the above papers for hw#2 and hw#3
as the paper for your individual study presentation.
Prepared by Jeff Tian
(tian@engr.smu.edu).
Last update Jan. 6, 2003.