A unified framework for coupling measurement in object-oriented systems

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-121

  Briand, Lionel C ^a   Daly, John W ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER IESE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coupling; Measurement; Object oriented

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; MEASUREMENTS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STANDARDIZATION; TERMINOLOGY;

COUPLING MEASUREMENT; STATE-OF-THE-ART;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0032627862     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.748920     Document Type: Article

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