Towards measuring object-oriented class stability

被引：14
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作者：
Alshayeb, M. [1 ]
Naji, M. [1 ]
Elish, M. O. [1 ]
Al-Ghamdi, J. [1 ]
机构：
[1] King Fahd Univ Petr & Minerals, Dept Informat & Comp Sci, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
来源：
IET SOFTWARE | 2011年 / 5卷 / 04期
关键词：
SOFTWARE STABILITY; DESIGN INSTABILITY; VALIDATION; EVOLUTION;
D O I：
10.1049/iet-sen.2010.0050
中图分类号：
TP31 [计算机软件];
学科分类号：
081202 ; 0835 ;
摘要：
Stable software, the capability of software to evolve while preserving its design, is an important software feature that software engineers strive for. Stable software tends to reduce maintenance cost and effort. Object-oriented (OO) classes form the basic components of the software systems; hence, stable OO classes may contribute to reducing the maintenance and effort cost. The authors identified factors that affect class stability and then used these factors to propose new class stability metric (CSM). Also, the authors theoretically and empirically validated CSM. The results show that the proposed CSM is negatively correlated with the maintenance effort.
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页码：415 / 424
页数：10
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