Measuring the functional size of web applications

International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-16

  Abrahão, Silvia ^a   Pastor, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conceptual modelling; Function points; Functional size measurement; Object oriented; Web engineering; Web metrics

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS CONTROL;

CONCEPTUAL MODELING; FUNCTION POINTS; FUNCTIONAL SIZE MEASUREMENT; OBJECT-ORIENTED; WEB ENGINEERING; WEB METRICS;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 2942705961     PISSN: 14761289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWET.2003.003265     Document Type: Article

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