A case study on structural characteristics of objectoriented design and its stability

Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering: part of the 23rd IASTED International Multi-Conference on Applied Informatics, SE 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 89-93

  Elish, Mahmoud O ^a  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

Design structural stability; Object oriented designs; Software evolution; Software metrics

Indexed keywords

CLASS-BASED; OBJECT-ORIENTED DESIGN; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; SOFTWARE METRICS; SOFTWARE RELEASE; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES;

DESIGN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; STABILITY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 36849079623     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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