The dynamic function coupling metric and its use in software evolution

Proceedings of the European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, CSMR

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 103-112

  Beszédes, Árpád ^a   Gergely, Tamás ^a   Faragó, Szabolcs ^a   Gyimóthy, Tibor ^a   Fischer, Ferenc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Change impact analysis; Dynamic program analysis; Regression testing; Software maintenance and evolution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHANGE IMPACT ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC FUNCTION COUPLING (DFC); DYNAMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC PROGRAM ANALYSIS; REGRESSION TESTING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 34547650718     PISSN: 15345351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CSMR.2007.47     Document Type: Conference Paper

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