@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10000969,
	  title     = {Empirical Exploration for the Correlation between Class Object-Oriented Connectivity-Based Cohesion and Coupling},
	  author    = {Jehad Al Dallal},
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	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {Attributes and methods are the basic contents of an
object-oriented class. The connectivity among these class members
and the relationship between the class and other classes play an
important role in determining the quality of an object-oriented
system. Class cohesion evaluates the degree of relatedness of class
attributes and methods, whereas class coupling refers to the degree to
which a class is related to other classes. Researchers have proposed
several class cohesion and class coupling measures. However, the
correlation between class coupling and class cohesion measures has
not been thoroughly studied. In this paper, using classes of three
open-source Java systems, we empirically investigate the correlation
between several measures of connectivity-based class cohesion and
coupling. Four connectivity-based cohesion measures and eight
coupling measures are considered in the empirical study. The
empirical study results show that class connectivity-based cohesion
and coupling internal quality attributes are inversely correlated. The
strength of the correlation depends highly on the cohesion and
coupling measurement approaches.
},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering},
	  volume    = {9},
	  number    = {4},
	  year      = {2015},
	  pages     = {934 - 937},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10000969},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/100},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 100, 2015},
	}