ASSESSMENT OF OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE SYSTEMS AT THE DESIGN STAGE

On Attributes of Objects in Object-Oriented Software Analysis

One of the modern paradigms to develop a system is object oriented analysis and design. In this paradigm, there are several objects and each object plays some specific roles. There is a sequence of activities to develop an analysis model. In the first step, we work in developing an initial use case model. Then in the second step, they identify a number of concepts and build a glossary of partic...

An Assessment of Large Object Oriented Software Systems

We define a metrics based process for the audit of large software systems and present first experiences of using it. This process respects both the fact that human insight is necessary for a successful identification of problems in a large software system, and that these systems are often too large to be reviewed by humans completely. In the process, an automatic software measurement tool is us...

Object-Oriented Software Design Metrics

Application of DESA Design Method in Object-Oriented Software Systems

To reduce complexity in software systems it is essential to minimize the functional dependencies in them. Functional dependency can be caused by the internal logic (model) of the system as well as the user interface. It is then vital to locate the source of the dependency, so that it can be removed. Our method “Design Equations for Systems Analysis”, or DESA, offers an opportunity to accomplish...

Software Design Metrics for Object-Oriented Software

The importance of software measurement is increasing leading to development of new measurement techniques. As the development of object-oriented software is rising, more and more metrics are being defined for object-oriented languages. Many metrics have been proposed related to various object-oriented constructs like class, coupling, cohesion, inheritance, information hiding and polymorphism. T...