A study on the uncertainty inherent in class cohesion measurements

Journal of Systems Architecture

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 474-484

  Ahmed, Moataz A ^a,c   Abubakar, Adam ^b   Alghamdi, Jarallah S ^a,d  

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

^b City   (Saudi Arabia)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Ministry of Education Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Class cohesion metrics; Connection types; Metrics classification criteria; Metrics validity; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COHESION METRICS; CONNECTION TYPES; METRICS CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA; METRICS VALIDITY; UNCERTAINTY;

ADHESION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79954595329     PISSN: 13837621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sysarc.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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