Distance-based software measurement: Necessary and sufficient properties for software measures

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-46

  Poels, G ^a   Dedene, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT THEORY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

DISTANCE-BASED SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 0033905388     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-5849(99)00053-1     Document Type: Article

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