Software refactoring at the function level using new Adaptive K-Nearest Neighbor algorithm

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 41, Issue 10-11, 2010, Pages 1160-1178

  Alkhalid, Abdulaziz ^a   Alshayeb, Mohammad ^b   Mahmoud, Sabri ^b  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Clustering; Code restructuring; Cohesion; Function level cohesion; Software quality; Software refactoring

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

CLUSTERING; CODE RESTRUCTURING; COHESION; SOFTWARE QUALITY; SOFTWARE REFACTORING;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 77956612194     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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