A comparison of cohesion metrics for object-oriented systems

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 677-687

  Etzkorn, Letha H ^a   Gholston, Sampson E ^b   Fortune, Julie L ^b   Stein, Cara E ^a   Utley, Dawn ^b   Farrington, Phillip A ^b   Cox, Glenn W ^a  

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

^b UAH Campus   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Metrics; Object oriented

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CORRELATION METHODS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COHESIONS; HUMAN-ORIENTED VIEWS; METRICS; OBJECT-ORIENTED;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 2142790543     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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