Object-oriented function points: An empirical validation

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-254

  Antoniol, G ^a   Fiutem, R ^b   Lokan, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b Res and Technol Dept Sodalia SpA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

OO size estimation; Size prediction; Software metrics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DATA STRUCTURES; MIDDLEWARE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

OBJECT ORIENTED SIZE ESTIMATION; OBJECT-ORIENTED FUNCTION POINTS; SIZE PREDICTION; SOFTWARE METRICS;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0043268788     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024472727275     Document Type: Article

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