Slice-based cohesion metrics and software intervention

Proceedings - Working Conference on Reverse Engineering, WCRE

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 256-265

  Meyers, Timothy M ^a   Binkley, David ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRIC SLICES; PROGRAM SIMPLIFICATION; PROGRAM SLICING; SLICE-BASED METRICS;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CODES (SYMBOLS); REENGINEERING; REVERSE ENGINEERING; SEMANTICS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

METRIC SYSTEM;

EID: 18144420076     PISSN: 10951350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCRE.2004.34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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