TY - GEN
T1 - Analysis and theoretical validation of object-oriented coupling metrics
AU - Alghamdi, Jarallah
AU - Saliu, Moshood Omolade
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Various object-oriented (OO) coupling metrics have been proposed for capturing the level of class coupling in object-oriented systems. Since product complexity plays a major role in determining the quality of software, metrics developed to characterize internal attributes such as coupling need to be validated to determine the usefulness of the measures. In this paper, we present an analysis of some OO coupling metrics. An interaction coupling metric, the modified coupling metric (MCC), is proposed as an extension of coupling between object (CBO) and message passing coupling (MPC). We also perform a theoretical validation of the suite of OO inheritance coupling metrics proposed in [3] using well-known coupling properties.
AB - Various object-oriented (OO) coupling metrics have been proposed for capturing the level of class coupling in object-oriented systems. Since product complexity plays a major role in determining the quality of software, metrics developed to characterize internal attributes such as coupling need to be validated to determine the usefulness of the measures. In this paper, we present an analysis of some OO coupling metrics. An interaction coupling metric, the modified coupling metric (MCC), is proposed as an extension of coupling between object (CBO) and message passing coupling (MPC). We also perform a theoretical validation of the suite of OO inheritance coupling metrics proposed in [3] using well-known coupling properties.
KW - Coupling
KW - Software Metrics
KW - Theoretical Validation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=1442277749&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:1442277749
SN - 0889863415
T3 - IASTED International Multi-Conference on Applied Informatics
SP - 1145
EP - 1152
BT - 21st IASTED International Multi-Conference on Applied Informatics
ER -