Assessing the impact of coupling on the understandability and modifiability of OCL expressions within UML/OCL combined models

Proceedings - International Software Metrics Symposium

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 115-124

  Reynoso, Luis ^a   Genero, Morcela ^b   Piattini, Mario ^b   Manso, Esperanza ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GRAPHIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

OBJECT COUPLING; UML DIAGRAMS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

EID: 33749040661     PISSN: 15301435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/METRICS.2005.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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