Title :
Improving cohesion metrics for classes by considering dependent instance variables
Author :
Chae, Heung Seok ; Kwon, Yong Rae ; Bae, Doo Hwan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Pusan Nat. Univ., South Korea
Abstract :
The existing cohesion metrics for classes do not consider the characteristics of dependent instance variables that are commonly used in a class and, thus, do not properly reflect the cohesiveness of the class. This paper presents an approach for improving the cohesion metrics by considering the characteristics of the dependent instance variables in an object-oriented program.
Keywords :
object-oriented methods; object-oriented programming; software metrics; cohesion metrics; dependent instance variable; object-oriented design; object-oriented program; Design methodology; Libraries; Software engineering; 65; Index Terms- Cohesion; metrics/measurement.; object-oriented design;
Journal_Title :
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TSE.2004.88
