Weighted class complexity: A measure of complexity for object oriented system

Journal of Information Science and Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1689-1708

  Misra, Sanjay ^a   Akman, K Ibrahim ^a  

^a ATILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Class complexity; Cognitive complexity; Cognitive weights; Object oriented programming; Software metrics; Validation criteria

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; INFORMATION THEORY; MAINTAINABILITY; MEASUREMENT THEORY; ONLINE SEARCHING; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

CLASS COMPLEXITY; COGNITIVE COMPLEXITY; COGNITIVE WEIGHTS; SOFTWARE METRICS; VALIDATION CRITERIA;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 57049104628     PISSN: 10162364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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