The problem of software evaluation based on results of tests performed during its certification is considered. The formulated approach is based on relationship between criteria, factors, metrics and evaluated features of software and can be used in creation of a database of test results for different types of software. At the preliminary stage, it is advisable to analyze the formed sets, providing a check of the structural properties (observability, decomposability, aggregation) of the

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... complex of the test center (laboratory). The applied estimates of utility function can be used in express analysis of software products, as well as for formation of relevant databases of test units.