Mitchell, Aine and Power, James F. (2006) A Study of the Influence of Coverage on the Relationship Between Static and Dynamic Coupling Metrics. Science of Computer Programming, 59 (1/2). pp. 4-25. ISSN 0167-6423

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Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between the static coupling between objects (CBO) metric and some of its dynamic counterparts. The dimensions of the relationship for Java programs are investigated, and the in uence of instruction coverage on this relationship is measured. An empirical evaluation of 14 Java programs taken from the SPEC JVM98 and the JOlden benchmark suites is conducted using the static CBO metric, six dynamic metrics and instruction coverage data. The results presented here confirm preliminary studies indicating the independence of static and dynamic coupling metrics, but point to a strong in uence of coverage on the relationship. Based on this, this paper suggests that dynamic coupling metrics might be better interpreted in the context of coverage measures, rather than as stand-alone software metrics.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is the preprint version of the published article which is available at doi: 10.1016/j.scico.2005.07.002
Keywords:	Software engineering; Software metrics; Coupling; Coverage; Regression analysis;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Computer Science
Item ID:	6406
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scico.2005.07.002
Depositing User:	Dr. James Power
Date Deposited:	23 Sep 2015 15:56
Journal or Publication Title:	Science of Computer Programming
Publisher:	Elsevier
Refereed:	No
URI:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/jou...
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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