Complexity metrics for systems development methods and techniques

Information Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 209-227

  Rossi, Matti ^a   Brinkkemper, Sjaak ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Metamodel; Method Evaluation; Metrics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; DATA STRUCTURES; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

METAMODEL; METHOD EVALUATION; METRICS;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030120848     PISSN: 03064379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4379(96)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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