A Component Cohesion Metric Applying the Properties of Linear Increment by Dynamic Dependency Relationships Between Classes (original) (raw)

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In Component-Based Development(CBD), by building new software with independently developed components, we can gain the benefits promised by the software reuse such as quality improvement and rapid development. Hence, methods to design the components in component-based system are very important and the component architecture should consist of highly cohesive components. Accordingly, to design highly cohesive components in component development phase, we propose new types of dynamic dependency relationship between classes and a component-based cohesion metric applying the properties of linear increment by dynamic dependency relationships between classes. In addition, we prove the theoretical soundness of the proposed metric by the axioms of briand et al. and suggest the accuracy and practicality of the proposed metric through a comparison with the conventional metrics.

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  1. Woosuk University, 490, Hujong-ri, Samnye-up, Wanju-kun, Chonbuk, Korea
    Misook Choi, Jongsuk Lee & Jongsung Ha

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  1. Misook Choi
  2. Jongsuk Lee
  3. Jongsung Ha

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., T2N 1N4, Calgary, AB, Canada
    Marina L. Gavrilova
  2. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia, via Vanvitelli, 1, I-06123, Perugia, Italy
    Osvaldo Gervasi
  3. William Norris Professor, Head of the Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Minnesota, USA
    Vipin Kumar
  4. OptimaNumerics Ltd., Cathedral House, 23-31 Waring Street, BT1 2DX, Belfast, UK
    C. J. Kenneth Tan
  5. Clayton School of IT, Monash University, 3800, Clayton, Australia
    David Taniar
  6. Department of Chemistry, University of Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto, 8, I-06123, Perugia, Italy
    Antonio Laganá
  7. School of Computing, Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea
    Youngsong Mun
  8. School of Information and Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
    Hyunseung Choo

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Choi, M., Lee, J., Ha, J. (2006). A Component Cohesion Metric Applying the Properties of Linear Increment by Dynamic Dependency Relationships Between Classes. In: Gavrilova, M.L., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2006. ICCSA 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3981. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11751588\_6

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