Investigating effect of design metrics on fault proneness in object-oriented systems

Journal of Object Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 127-141

  Aggarwal, K K ^a   Singh, Yogesh ^a   Kaur, Arvinder ^a   Malhotra, Ruchika ^a  

^a GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Coupling; Empirical analysis; Inheritance; Measurement; Metrics; Object orinented; Uonesion

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549130799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16601769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5381/jot.2007.6.10.a5     Document Type: Article

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