A survey of dynamic software metrics

Journal of Computer Science and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1016-1029

  Chhabra, Jitender Kumar ^a   Gupta, Varun ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Metrics; Object oriented programming; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

COHESION METRICS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS; DYNAMIC BINDING; DYNAMIC COUPLINGS; DYNAMIC METRICS; DYNAMIC SOFTWARES; EXECUTABLE MODEL; EXECUTION TRACE; METRICS; OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE; OBJECT-ORIENTED FEATURES; ON DYNAMICS; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; SOFTWARE METRICS; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; STATIC METRICS; TECHNICAL DECISION;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SURVEYS;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 78650185194     PISSN: 10009000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11390-010-9384-3     Document Type: Article

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