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Graph Theoretical Indicators and Refactoring

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Extreme Programming and Agile Methods - XP/Agile Universe 2003 (XP/Agile Universe 2003)

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Metrics of software quality grow stale after a while and there is always a need for new ones. Graph theory can be a fruitful source. We discuss how. Before that we discuss what metrics do and we suggest the word “indicator” better describes that function than the word “metric”.

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Zimmer, J.A. (2003). Graph Theoretical Indicators and Refactoring. In: Maurer, F., Wells, D. (eds) Extreme Programming and Agile Methods - XP/Agile Universe 2003. XP/Agile Universe 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2753. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45122-8_8

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