A framework for the design and verification of software measurement methods

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 633-648

  Habra, Naji ^a   Abran, Alain ^b   Lopez, Miguel ^a   Sellami, Asma ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^c University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Measurement; Software measurement design; Software measurement verification; Standards

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; STANDARDS; VERIFICATION;

SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT DESIGN; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT VERIFICATION; SOFTWARE MEASURES;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 40849141032     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.07.038     Document Type: Article

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