Defining metrics for UML statechart diagrams in a methodological way

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 2814, Issue , 2003, Pages 118-128

  Genero, Marcela ^a   Miranda, David ^a   Piattini, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Empirical validation; Experiment replication; Maintainability; Metrics; OO Software; Size; Structural complexity; Theoretical validation; UML statechart diagrams; Understandability

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MAINTAINABILITY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EMPIRICAL VALIDATION; METRICS; SIZE; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; THEORETICAL VALIDATIONS; UML STATECHART DIAGRAMS; UNDERSTANDABILITY;

GRAPHIC METHODS;

EID: 0142218890     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-39597-3_12     Document Type: Article

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