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Measurement of Design Complexity of Different types of Inheritance using Cohesion Metrics

by Ankita Mann, Sandeep Dalal, Neetu Dabas
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 77 - Number 3
Year of Publication: 2013
Authors: Ankita Mann, Sandeep Dalal, Neetu Dabas
10.5120/13375-0985

Ankita Mann, Sandeep Dalal, Neetu Dabas . Measurement of Design Complexity of Different types of Inheritance using Cohesion Metrics. International Journal of Computer Applications. 77, 3 ( September 2013), 26-32. DOI=10.5120/13375-0985

@article{ 10.5120/13375-0985,
author = { Ankita Mann, Sandeep Dalal, Neetu Dabas },
title = { Measurement of Design Complexity of Different types of Inheritance using Cohesion Metrics },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { September 2013 },
volume = { 77 },
number = { 3 },
month = { September },
year = { 2013 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 26-32 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume77/number3/13375-0985/ },
doi = { 10.5120/13375-0985 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Ankita Mann
%A Sandeep Dalal
%A Neetu Dabas
%T Measurement of Design Complexity of Different types of Inheritance using Cohesion Metrics
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%@ 0975-8887
%V 77
%N 3
%P 26-32
%D 2013
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Main aim of Software Engineering is to increase quality and maintain Software Product. Inheritance reflects the degree of reusability of existing classes and reuse increases productivity. Most Cohesion Metric tool do not consider inherited elements while measuring cohesion but we can measure design quality by including the concept of inheritance in Cohesion metrics. In this paper values of all cohesion metrics (LCOM1, LCOM2, LCOM3, LCOM4, LCOM5, CO, TCC and LCC) is calculated including the concept of inheritance for Single, Multiple, Multilevel and Hierarchical Inheritance and compare results to determine design complexity of various types of Inheritances.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Single inheritance multiple inheritance multilevel inheritance and Hierarchical Inheritance.