An empirical comparison of modularity of procedural and object-oriented software

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 173-182

  Ferrett, L K ^a   Offutt, J ^b  

^a AT and T Government Solutions Inc ^*  (United States)

^b Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Application software; Computer industry; Data structures; Government; Industrial relations; Java; Object oriented programming; Programming profession; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; C++ (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); DATA STRUCTURES; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

APPLICATIONS SOFTWARE; COMPUTER INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT; JAVA; MODULARS; OBJECT-ORIENTED LANGUAGES; OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAM; OBJECTORIENTED PROGRAMMING (OOP); PROCEDURAL LANGUAGES; PROGRAMMING PROFESSION;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 70349950068     PISSN: 27708527     EISSN: 27708535     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICECCS.2002.1181510     Document Type: Conference Paper

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