Subjective evaluation of software evolvability using code smells: An empirical study

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-431

  Mäntylä, Mika V ^a   Lassenius, Casper ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Code metrics; Code smells; Evolvability; Human factors; Maintainability; Perceived evaluation; Software metrics; Subjective evaluation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CODES (SYMBOLS); CORRELATION METHODS; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CODE METRICS; CODE SMELLS; EVOLVABILITY; PERCEIVED EVALUATION; SOFTWARE METRICS; SUBJECTIVE EVALUATION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33746102572     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: 15737616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10664-006-9002-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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