A measurement framework for object-oriented software testability

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 979-997

  Mouchawrab, Samar ^a   Briand, Lionel C ^a   Labiche, Yvan ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

LEVEL OF DETAIL (LOD); SOFTWARE SYSTEM; SOFTWARE TESTABILITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 28844455581     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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