Identifying objects in legacy systems using design metrics

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-211

  Cimitile, Aniello ^a,b   De Lucia, Andrea ^a,b,d,e   Di Lucca, Giuseppe Antonio ^b   Fasolino, Anna Rita ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SELECTION AND EVALUATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DATA STRUCTURES; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; REENGINEERING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; REVERSE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER);

OBJECT-ORIENTED DESIGN METRICS;

LEGACY SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032785074     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(98)10057-2     Document Type: Article

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