Problems adopting metrics from other disciplines

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-7

  Kitchenham, Barbara ^a   Brereton, Pearl ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cohesion metrics; entropy metrics; information theoretic metrics; metrics validation; representation conditions; software engineering metrics

Indexed keywords

COHESION METRICS; DESIGN METRICS; EMPIRICAL VALIDATION; FINAL DECISION; INFORMATION-THEORETIC METRICS; MATHEMATICAL GRAPH; PROGRAM SEMANTICS; SOFTWARE DESIGNERS; VALIDATION APPROACH;

ADHESION; ENGINEERING; INFORMATION THEORY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 77954722965     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1809223.1809224     Document Type: Conference Paper

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