Metrics for object-oriented software projects

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-154

  Sherif, Joseph S ^a,b   Sanderson, Peter ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; USER INTERFACES;

JET PROPULSION LABORATORY; METRICS; MICRO GENERIC CONTROLLER;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0032301537     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0164-1212(98)10051-1     Document Type: Article

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