Object-oriented cohesion as a surrogate of software comprehension: An empirical study

Proceedings - Fifth IEEE International Workshop on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation, SCAM 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 161-169

  Counsell, Steve ^a   Swift, Stephen ^a   Tucker, Allan ^a   Mendes, Emilia ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS COMPREHENSION; INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS; OBJECT-ORIENTED COHESION; SOFTWARE COHESION;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 33749419684     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SCAM.2005.19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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