Analysis of Inconsistencies in Object Oriented Metrics

Ahmed M. Salem, Abrar A. Qureshi
DOI: 10.4236/jsea.2011.42013                

Abstract

Software Metrics have been proposed for procedural and object oriented paradigms to measure various attributes like complexity, cohesion, software quality, and productivity. Among all of these, “Complexity” and “Cohesion” are considered to be the most important attributes. As object oriented analysis and design appears to be at the forefront of software engineering technologies, many different object-oriented complexity and cohesion metrics have been developed. The aim of the paper is to compare some of the complexity and cohesion metrics and to analyze these metrics and expose their inconsistencies. The paper provides a brief introduction of CK and Morris’s metrics for calculating the complexity and cohesion of a software. The inconsistencies in these methods are exposed by providing various examples. The paper concludes by proving inconsistencies in CK’s cohesion matrices and Morris’s complexity matrices.

Keywords

Software Metrics, Object Orient Systems

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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