Empirical validation of class diagram complexity metrics

Proceedings - International Conference of the Chilean Computer Science Society, SCCC

Volumn 2001-January, Issue , 2001, Pages 95-104

  Genero, M ^a   Piattini, M ^a   Jimenez L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

class diagram maintainability; empirical validation; prediction model; Software quality; structural complexity metrics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); FUZZY INFERENCE; MAINTAINABILITY; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MODELING LANGUAGES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE;

CLASS DIAGRAMS; EMPIRICAL VALIDATION; PREDICTION MODEL; SOFTWARE QUALITY; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 8444219866     PISSN: 15224902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SCCC.2001.972637     Document Type: Conference Paper

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