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Measuring the Reusability Level of Software Packages Using Reusability Testing Scripts

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Information and Communication Technologies (ICT 2010)

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Software Testing approaches are playing essential role to satisfy the clients’ needs without defects in delivered systems. Different testing methods will be used to filter the systems defects and improve the system quality. In testing method wise here proposed ‘Reusability testing scripts’ can be considered for finding the reusable packages in the current system development to fulfill the requirement of future requirement. To find the reusable level, the different package metrics such as ‘Coupling’, ‘Cohesion’, ‘Stability’, and ‘Complexity’ are analyzed to define the reusability level of software packages.

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Kamalraj, R., Rajiv Kannan, A., Ranjani, P., Hemarani, R. (2010). Measuring the Reusability Level of Software Packages Using Reusability Testing Scripts. In: Das, V.V., Vijaykumar, R. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies. ICT 2010. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 101. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15766-0_114

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