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This paper discusses about the results of using OO (Object-Oriented) measures for the small-sized programs in C++. The metric values for the class level Object-Oriented properties: inheritance, coupling and cohesion are computed and compared with the existing study results for medium sized programs. Among the three properties, inheritance is used widely in the programs. The effective use of the three properties for the proper abstraction of the class design is investigated using six hypotheses proposed. The result of the investigation shows that inheritance and cohesion are used well for the design of attribute level abstraction in the classes.
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Kanmani, S., Uthariaraj, V.R., Sankaranarayanan, V., Thambidurai, P. (2004). Measuring the Object-Oriented Properties in Small Sized C++ Programs – An Empirical Investigation. In: Bomarius, F., Iida, H. (eds) Product Focused Software Process Improvement. PROFES 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3009. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24659-6_14
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