Measuring software for its reuse potential

The author examines a variety of software reusability measurement techniques and shows why the physical properties of software are important for determining reuse potential, and provides design guidelines for the structuring and analysis of software to enhance its reusability. A framework is given to evaluate the potential of software to be reused. A hierarchy for the analysis of software designs leads to a series of measures of the software code. These measures offer potential to control the design for reusability, but no empirical evidence exists at this time