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CCOM – A Communicational Cohesion Metric for Object-Oriented Programming

by H. B. Vincentraj, S. Hari Ganesh
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 155 - Number 5
Year of Publication: 2016
Authors: H. B. Vincentraj, S. Hari Ganesh
10.5120/ijca2016912306

H. B. Vincentraj, S. Hari Ganesh . CCOM – A Communicational Cohesion Metric for Object-Oriented Programming. International Journal of Computer Applications. 155, 5 ( Dec 2016), 1-6. DOI=10.5120/ijca2016912306

@article{ 10.5120/ijca2016912306,
author = { H. B. Vincentraj, S. Hari Ganesh },
title = { CCOM – A Communicational Cohesion Metric for Object-Oriented Programming },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { Dec 2016 },
volume = { 155 },
number = { 5 },
month = { Dec },
year = { 2016 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 1-6 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume155/number5/26598-2016912306/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2016912306 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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Abstract

Object-oriented software metrics are the traditional quality assessment metrics that are aimed to ensure the goodness of the software. Almost all benefits of the OO programming have been addressed through software metrics except the factor that measures the types of cohesion incorporated in software modules. Software is measured as qualitative with the incurrence of high cohesion with low coupling. Hence, in our previous works, we have proposed certain cohesion metrics for assessing the functional and sequential level of cohesion in the software. As a continuation, in this work, a novel Communicational Cohesion Metric (CCOM) is proposed to evaluate the level of communicational cohesion of the software. The theoretical validation of the proposed CCOM is performed and compared with the traditional LCOM metric for elucidating the need for CCOM.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Software metrics LCOM Cohesion Coupling CCOM