Empirical analysis of object-oriented coupling and cohesion measures in determining the quality of open source systems

Awang Abu Bakar, Normi Sham (2011) Empirical analysis of object-oriented coupling and cohesion measures in determining the quality of open source systems. In: The 15th IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications (SEA 2011), 14-16 December 2011, Dallas, USA.

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Abstract

Design metrics play an important role to help developers understand the software design aspects which later can be used to improve software quality. This paper provides empirical evidence supporting the roles of object-oriented (OO) coupling and cohesion metrics, using a subset of Chidamber and Kemerer OO metrics suite, in predicting the post-delivery defects. The findings, based on various open source systems developed in Java, indicate that, a coupling measure, Coupling between object classes (CBO) is very highly significant in predicting defects while Lack of cohesion metric (LCOM), as a cohesion measure is not significant. Even after controlling for size, CBO metric is still significant as a predictor for postdelivery defects.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Full Paper)
Additional Information:	3509/16006 DOI: 10.2316/P.2011.758-037
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Software metrics, object-oriented design, software quality, open source systems.
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Computer Science Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Computer Science
Depositing User:	Dr. Normi Sham Awang Abu Bakar
Date Deposited:	22 Jan 2012 23:44
Last Modified:	22 Jan 2012 23:44
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/16006

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