A proposal of a new class cohesion criterion: An empirical study

Journal of Object Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 145-159

  Badri, Linda ^a   Badri, Mourad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GRAPH THEORY; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; LOGIC PROGRAMMING; SET THEORY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COHESION METHOD; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP; LOGICAL FUNCTION; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 2942703918     PISSN: 16601769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5381/jot.2004.3.4.a8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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