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Estimation of generic reusability for object-oriented software an empirical approach

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ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, Volume 36, Issue 3

Pages 1 - 4

https://doi.org/10.1145/1968587.1968606

Published: 05 May 2011 Publication History

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Inheritance and templates are key concepts in object-oriented programming (OOP), and are essential for achieving reusability and extendibility. The aim of this paper is to explore traditional Halstead's metrics and use them to propose more software metrics related to generic method and attributes in an object-oriented software. These metrics measure quantitative generic construct with inheritance in an object-oriented code. Two metrics GRr (Generic Reusability Ratio) and ERr (Effort Ratio) are proposed in this paper. First metric GRr (Generic Reusability Ratio) measures impact of template in program volume and second metric ERr (Effort Ratio) measures impact of template in development effort. These metrics will be a tool for estimating and evaluating costs of program design and program tests as well as program complexity.

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Hudaib AHuneiti AOthman I(2016)Software Reusability Classification and Predication Using Self-Organizing Map (SOM)Communications and Network10.4236/cn.2016.8301808:03(179-192)Online publication date: 2016
https://doi.org/10.4236/cn.2016.83018
Basha NChoudhury S(2016)Assessment of Reusability Levels on Domain-Specific Components Using Heuristic FunctionInnovations in Computer Science and Engineering10.1007/978-981-10-0419-3_19(153-161)Online publication date: 20-Feb-2016
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0419-3_19

Index Terms

Estimation of generic reusability for object-oriented software an empirical approach
1. General and reference
  1. Cross-computing tools and techniques
    1. Metrics
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development techniques
      1. Reusability
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Software libraries and repositories

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ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes Volume 36, Issue 3

May 2011

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ISSN:0163-5948

DOI:10.1145/1968587

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Hudaib AHuneiti AOthman I(2016)Software Reusability Classification and Predication Using Self-Organizing Map (SOM)Communications and Network10.4236/cn.2016.8301808:03(179-192)Online publication date: 2016
https://doi.org/10.4236/cn.2016.83018
Basha NChoudhury S(2016)Assessment of Reusability Levels on Domain-Specific Components Using Heuristic FunctionInnovations in Computer Science and Engineering10.1007/978-981-10-0419-3_19(153-161)Online publication date: 20-Feb-2016
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0419-3_19

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