Software Metrics is important for companies to improve their productivity and quality. Metrics can be used to predict the reusability of a software component which is one of the critical aspects of the software reuse process.
Metrics for the Advanced Engineering Environment of the 2nd Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle Program.
Semantic Metrics for Object-Oriented Design
3D Visualization of Object-Oriented Software Design Structural Metrics (Dr. Tim Newman)
An internet-viewable tool that exploits mechanisms for software structure metric determination has been created by researchers in the Visualization Lab, under Dr. Newman's direction. The tool provides developers with the ability to quickly see the characteristics of their software and to identify where potential structural hot spots are.