A metrics suite for measuring reusability of software components

Proceedings - International Software Metrics Symposium

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 211-223

  Washizaki, H ^a   Yamamoto, H ^b   Fukazawa, Y ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cities and towns; Computer industry; Computer science; Logic; Object oriented modeling; Programming; Software measurement; Software metrics; Software reusability; Software systems

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; REUSABILITY; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

CITIES AND TOWNS; COMPUTER INDUSTRY; LOGIC; OBJECT ORIENTED MODEL; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT; SOFTWARE METRICS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY;

EID: 65049083464     PISSN: 15301435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/METRIC.2003.1232469     Document Type: Conference Paper

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