DocumentCode
1164970
Title
Improving cohesion metrics for classes by considering dependent instance variables
Author
Chae, Heung Seok ; Kwon, Yong Rae ; Bae, Doo Hwan
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Pusan Nat. Univ., South Korea
Volume
30
Issue
11
fYear
2004
Firstpage
826
Lastpage
832
Abstract
The existing cohesion metrics for classes do not consider the characteristics of dependent instance variables that are commonly used in a class and, thus, do not properly reflect the cohesiveness of the class. This paper presents an approach for improving the cohesion metrics by considering the characteristics of the dependent instance variables in an object-oriented program.
Keywords
object-oriented methods; object-oriented programming; software metrics; cohesion metrics; dependent instance variable; object-oriented design; object-oriented program; Design methodology; Libraries; Software engineering; 65; Index Terms- Cohesion; metrics/measurement.; object-oriented design;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0098-5589
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TSE.2004.88
Filename
1359773
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