Review on 'maintainability' metrics in Open Source Software

International Review on Computers and Software

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 903-907

  Bakar, Abubakar Diwani ^a   Sultan, Abu Bakar Md ^a   Zulzalil, Hazura ^a   Din, Jamilah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Maintainability; Object oriented software; Open source software

Indexed keywords

OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE; OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE METRICS;

MAINTAINABILITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 84868098646     PISSN: 18286003     EISSN: 18286011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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