Assessing the changeability of two object-oriented design alternatives - A controlled experiment

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 231-277

  Arisholm, Erik ^a   Sjøberg, Dag I K ^a   Jørgensen, Magne ^a  

^a SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Change effort; Changeability; Controlled experiment; Object oriented design quality; Responsibility driven design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

OBJECT-ORIENTED DESIGN QUALITY; SOFTWARE DESIGNS;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 1442346100     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011439416657     Document Type: Article

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