The danger of using axioms in software metrics

IEE Proceedings: Software

Volumn 144, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 279-285

  Kitchenham, B A ^a   Stell, J G ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axiom sets; Complexity metrics; Measurement; Software metric

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEOREM PROVING;

SOFTWARE METRICS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0031249407     PISSN: 14625970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-sen:19971723     Document Type: Article

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