An Empirical Validation of Object-Oriented Metrics in Two Different Iterative Software Processes

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1043-1049

  Alshayeb, Mohammad ^a   Li, Wei ^a  

^a University of Alabama in Huntsville ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Agile process; Empirical validation; Framework evolution; Software metrics

Indexed keywords

AGILE PROCESSES; EMPIRICAL VALIDATIONS; FRAMEWORK EVOLUTION; SOFTWARE METRICS;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); ITERATIVE METHODS; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0346896353     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2003.1245305     Document Type: Article

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