A validation of object-oriented design metrics as quality indicators

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 751-761

  Basili, Victor R ^a   Briand, Lionel C ^b   Melo, Walcélio L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b FRAUNHOFER IESE   (Germany)

^c Cent de Recherche Informatique de Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

C++ programming language; Error prediction model; Object oriented design metrics; Object oriented software development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001622174     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.544352     Document Type: Article

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