Rigor in software complexity measurement experimentation

The Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 141-149

  MacDonell, S G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE - TESTING;

SOFTWARE COMPLEXITY MEASUREMENTS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 0026239469     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0164-1212(91)90008-T     Document Type: Article

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