Title :
Architectural tradeoffs at the object level
Author :
Evanco, William M.
Author_Institution :
Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
Abstract :
In this study, we discuss tradeoffs for the software architecture of object-based systems such as Ada83. External and internal complexities are specified for Ada packages and these complexities are related to the numbers of defects uncovered during testing using non-linear ordinal response models. The non-linear relationships among the software measures are exploited to identify optimal relationships between context coupling and the number of visible declarations in Ada packages
Keywords :
Ada; object-oriented programming; program testing; software architecture; software metrics; software packages; Ada packages; Ada83; context coupling; external complexities; internal complexities; nonlinear ordinal response models; nonlinear relationships; object-based systems; object-level software architecture tradeoffs; optimal relationship identification; software defects; software measures; software testing; visible declarations; Computer languages; Genetic algorithms; Neural networks; Object oriented modeling; Packaging; Software measurement; Software metrics; Software quality; Software systems; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Software Metrics, 2002. Proceedings. Eighth IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1339-5
DOI :
10.1109/METRIC.2002.1011324
