The Impact of Refactoring to Patterns on Software Quality Attributes

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1241-1251

  Alshayeb, Mohammad ^a  

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

Author keywords

Empirical study; Quality improvement; Refactoring to patterns; Software metrics; Software refactoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255152317     PISSN: 13198025     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-011-0111-3     Document Type: Article

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