Object-oriented product metrics: A generic framework

Information Sciences

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 587-606

  Vaishnavi, Vijay K ^a   Purao, Sandeep ^b   Liegle, Jens ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generic framework; Metrics Space; Object oriented metrics; Product metrics

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SCIENCE; METRIC SYSTEM; RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS; SET THEORY;

GENERIC FRAMEWORK; METRICS SPACE; OBJECT ORIENTED METRICS; PRODUCT METRICS;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 33750350917     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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