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Investigation of domain effects on software

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It has been stated that there is very less variability in cohesion, coupling and complexity of software packages within specific domains such as Graphical User Interface (GUI). This implies that software metrics show low variability within single domain and high variability between domains. This paper investigates the domain issue by creating hierarchical model of four different domains and two software packages within each domain. Metrics are collected on each package and compared against the domains and packages. Results confirm metrics are not domain centric.

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ACMSE '09: Proceedings of the 47th annual ACM Southeast Conference
March 2009
430 pages
ISBN:9781605584218
DOI:10.1145/1566445
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  1. cohesion
  2. complexity
  3. coupling
  4. domain effects
  5. software metrics
  6. software quality

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ACM SE 09: ACM Southeast Regional Conference
March 19 - 21, 2009
South Carolina, Clemson

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