A controlled experiment for validating class diagram structural complexity metrics

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 2425, Issue , 2002, Pages 372-383

  Genero, Marcela ^a   Jiménez, Luis ^a   Piattini, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Empirical validation; Fuzzy rule system; Prediction model; Structural complexity metrics; UML class diagram modifiability; UML class diagram structural complexity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY RULES; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE;

EMPIRICAL VALIDATION; FUZZY RULE SYSTEMS; MODIFIABILITY; PREDICTION MODEL; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY;

ENCODING (SYMBOLS);

EID: 84944065396     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-46102-7_40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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