The conceptual coupling metrics for object-oriented systems

IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, ICSM

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 469-478

  Poshyvanyk, Denys ^a   Marcus, Andrian ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL COUPLING METRICS; IMPACT ANALYSIS; OBJECT ORIENTED SYSTEMS; SOURCE CODES;

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 34547268116     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSM.2006.67     Document Type: Conference Paper

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