Abstract

ORTIZ-GUTIERREZ, Orlando; SANTAOLAYA-SALGADO, René; FRAGOSO-DIAZ, Olivia-Graciela  and  ROJAS-PEREZ, Juan-Carlos. Metrics for the Measurement of the Flexibility Factor and the Inheritance Implementation Factor of Software Systems. RISTI [online]. 2019, n.34, pp.97-111. ISSN 1646-9895.  https://doi.org/10.17013/risti.34.97-111.

Currently measuring the quality of architectural software design is an important topic for software engineers. However, some quality metrics are not yet defined such as the metrics for measuring the flexibility and implementation inheritance factor for a class architecture focused on abstract methods. In this research, a set of five quality metrics is proposed; three of them are to measure the inheritance implementation factor, which are: Implementation Inheritance Factor (FHI), Implementation Inheritance Factor by Class Hierarchy (FHIJ) and Implementation Inheritance Factor of a Class Architecture (FHIAC); the remaining two are to measure the flexibility factor, these are: Class Flexibility Factor (FFC) and Average Class Flexibility Factor (FMFC).

Keywords : Coupling; flexibility; interface inheritance; implementation inheritance.

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