Metrics and models for cost and quality of component-based software

Proceedings - 6th IEEE International Symposium on Object-Oriented Real-Time Distributed Computing, ISORC 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 149-155

  Sedigh Ali, S ^a   Ghafoor, A ^a   Paul, R A ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE PACKAGES;

COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF SOFTWARES; COMPONENT BASED SOFTWARE; COMPONENT BASED SYSTEMS; COTS-BASED SYSTEMS; CRITICAL APPLICATIONS; OVERALL QUALITY; QUALITY CONCERNS; SOFTWARE METRICS;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84966874314     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISORC.2003.1199249     Document Type: Conference Paper

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