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| Martin Hitz, Behzad Montazeri, "Chidamber and Kemerer's Metrics Suite: A Measurement Theory Perspective," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 267-271, April, 1996. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/32.491650, author = {Martin Hitz and Behzad Montazeri}, title = {Chidamber and Kemerer's Metrics Suite: A Measurement Theory Perspective}, journal ={IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering}, volume = {22}, number = {4}, issn = {0098-5589}, year = {1996}, pages = {267-271}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/32.491650}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - JOUR JO - IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering TI - Chidamber and Kemerer's Metrics Suite: A Measurement Theory Perspective IS - 4 SN - 0098-5589 SP267 EP271 EPD - 267-271 A1 - Martin Hitz, A1 - Behzad Montazeri, PY - 1996 KW - Software measurement KW - coupling metrics KW - cohesion metrics KW - object-orientation KW - validation. VL - 22 JA - IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering ER - | |||
Abstract—The metrics suite for object-oriented design put forward by Chidamber and Kemerer [8] is partly evaluated by applying principles of measurement theory. Using the object coupling measure (CBO) as an example, it is shown that failing to establish a sound empirical relation system can lead to deficiencies of software metrics. Similarly, for the object-oriented cohesion measure (LCOM) it is pointed out that the issue of empirical testing the representation condition must not be ignored, even if other validation principles are carefully obeyed. As a by-product, an alternative formulation for LCOM is proposed.
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