A comparative study of spatial complexity metrics and their impact on maintenance effort

Proceedings - 2nd International Conference on Emerging Technologies 2006, ICET 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 714-718

  Rana, Zeeshan Ali ^a   Khan, Malik Jahan ^a   Shamail, Shafay ^a  

^a LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cognitive complexity; Maintainability; Maintenance metrics; Software maintenance; Spatial complexity metrics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MAINTENANCE;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; KEY FACTORS; METRICS (CO); SOFTWARE LIFE CYCLES; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SPATIAL COMPLEXITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 46149117244     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICET.2006.336031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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