Coupling and cohesion metrics for knowledge-based systems using frames and rules

ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 332-358

  Kramer, Stefan ^a   Kaindl, Hermann ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Coupling; Knowledge based systems

Indexed keywords

COHESION METRICS; COUPLING METRICS; MERGED FRAMES; MODULARITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MEASUREMENT THEORY; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SET THEORY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 8344226078     PISSN: 1049331X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1027092.1027094     Document Type: Article

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