A complexity measure for UML component-based system specification

Software - Practice and Experience

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-134

  Mahmood, Sajjad ^a   Lai, Richard ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complexity; Component based system; Component based system specification; Software metrics; UML

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; CONSTRAINT THEORY; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SPECIFICATIONS;

COMPONENT BASED SYSTEM SPECIFICATION; COMPONENT BASED SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE METRICS;

UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE;

EID: 39449102476     PISSN: 00380644     EISSN: 1097024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spe.769     Document Type: Article

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