An investigation into the applicability and validity of object-oriented design metrics

被引：25

作者：

Harrison R. ^{[1
]}

Counsell S.J. ^{[1
]}

Nithi R.V. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Department of Electronics, University of Southampton, Southampton

来源：

Empirical Software Engineering | 1998年 / 3卷 / 3期

基金：

英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;

关键词：

Empirical software engineering; Object-oriented metrics; Software quality;

D O I：

10.1023/A:1009784121652

中图分类号：

学科分类号：

摘要：

In this paper we consider empirical evidence in support of a set of object-oriented software metrics. In particular, we look at the object oriented design metrics of Chidamber and Kemerer, and their applicability in different application domains. We briefly describe the metrics, and present our empirical findings, arising from our analysis of systems taken from a number of different application domains. Our investigations have led us to conclude that a subset of the metrics can be of great value to software developers, maintainers and project managers.

引用

页码：255 / 273

页数：18

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