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Measuring Maintenance Effort in Object Oriented Software with Indirect Coupling

by Nirmal Kumar Gupta, Mukesh Kumar Rohil
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 54 - Number 2
Year of Publication: 2012
Authors: Nirmal Kumar Gupta, Mukesh Kumar Rohil
10.5120/8538-2081

Nirmal Kumar Gupta, Mukesh Kumar Rohil . Measuring Maintenance Effort in Object Oriented Software with Indirect Coupling. International Journal of Computer Applications. 54, 2 ( September 2012), 19-24. DOI=10.5120/8538-2081

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Abstract

Measurement of maintenance effort in object oriented software engineering is one of the major challenges. Coupling among classes is one of the major factors determining the maintenance effort. Coupling is measured as strength of interconnection or interdependence between different parts of the Classes in object oriented software. It is widely accepted that there is strong relationship between high coupling and poor maintainability. Indirect coupling which is transitive in nature manifests between two seemingly unrelated parts of the system through hidden connections plays a major role in determining maintenance effort. This research proposes a set of metrics which determines maintenance effort for software with Indirect Coupling.

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Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Indirect Coupling Software Maintenance Effort Object Oriented Software Software Quality

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