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Object Oriented Software Metrics and Quality Assessment: Current State of the Art

by Amjan Shaik, Dr. C. R. K. Reddy, Dr. A. Damodaram
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 37 - Number 11
Year of Publication: 2012
Authors: Amjan Shaik, Dr. C. R. K. Reddy, Dr. A. Damodaram
10.5120/4728-6911

Amjan Shaik, Dr. C. R. K. Reddy, Dr. A. Damodaram . Object Oriented Software Metrics and Quality Assessment: Current State of the Art. International Journal of Computer Applications. 37, 11 ( January 2012), 6-15. DOI=10.5120/4728-6911

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title = { Object Oriented Software Metrics and Quality Assessment: Current State of the Art },
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issue_date = { January 2012 },
volume = { 37 },
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month = { January },
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issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 6-15 },
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%A Dr. A. Damodaram
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%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Necessity for a Productive software has been culminating and Object-Oriented Design technique is providing solution to this as it is the most powerful mechanism for developing proficient software systems. It is helpful not only in declining the cost but also in the development of high quality software systems. Software developers require accurate metrics for developing efficient software system. Object-Oriented Metrics plays a significant role pertaining to this aspect because of their importance in the development of successful software applications. In this paper Assessment of the current state of the art in Metrics and Object-Oriented Software System Quality is done. Further it contains short descriptive taxonomy of the Object-Oriented Design and Metrics.

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