Using design abstractions to visualize, quantify, and restructure software

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-187

  Kang, Byung Kyoo ^b   Bieman, James M ^a  

^a Colorado State University   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Measurement theory; Software design; Software maintenance; Software measurement and metrics; Software restructuring and re engineering; Software reuse; Software visualization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY;

SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENTS; SOFTWARE METRICS; SOFTWARE REENGINEERING; SOFTWARE RESTRUCTURING; SOFTWARE VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 0032138601     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(98)10008-0     Document Type: Article

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