Coupling and cohesion measures for evaluation of component reusability

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 18-21

  Gui, G ^a   Scott, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cohesion; coupling; reusability

Indexed keywords

COHESION; COMPONENT REUSABILITY; EMPIRICAL COMPARISON; INDIRECT COUPLINGS; JAVA COMPONENTS;

ADHESION; SEARCH ENGINES; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

REUSABILITY;

EID: 77953980437     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1137983.1137989     Document Type: Conference Paper

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