Studying the effect of refactorings: A complexity metrics perspective

Proceedings - 7th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology, QUATIC 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 313-318

  Soetens, Quinten David ^a   Demeyer, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY METRICS; COUNTER-INTUITIVE PHENOMENON; CYCLOMATIC COMPLEXITY; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; JAVA SOURCE CODES; OPEN SOURCE SYSTEM; REFACTORINGS; SOFTWARE PROJECT; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SOURCE CODES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MAINTAINABILITY;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 78751545639     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/QUATIC.2010.58     Document Type: Conference Paper

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