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Assessment of usability metrics for object-oriented software system

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Sanjay Kumar Dubey,

Ajay RanaAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, Volume 35, Issue 6

Pages 1 - 4

https://doi.org/10.1145/1874391.1874400

Published: 27 November 2010 Publication History

Abstract

The demand for efficient software is increasing day by day. For this reason software developers need appropriate metrics for the development of software applications. Usability is one of the most important fields in software engineering and a highly focused quality factor. It is a key factor in the development of successful software applications. Object-oriented design techniques have become one of the most powerful mechanisms to develop efficient software system. Object-oriented software can play important role in usability for software applications. It can not only help in reducing the cost but also in developing highly usable software systems. This paper focuses some important issues and analyzes the relationship between usability and object-oriented metrics

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Assessment of usability metrics for object-oriented software system
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development techniques
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language types

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ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes Volume 35, Issue 6

November 2010

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DOI:10.1145/1874391

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Sagar KSaha A(2017)A systematic review of software usability studiesInternational Journal of Information Technology10.1007/s41870-017-0048-1Online publication date: 11-Dec-2017
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41870-017-0048-1
Hussain AAbubakar HHashim N(2014)Evaluating mobile banking application: Usability dimensions and measurementsProceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information Technology and Multimedia10.1109/ICIMU.2014.7066618(136-140)Online publication date: Nov-2014
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIMU.2014.7066618
Dubey SRana A(2011)Usability Estimation of Software System by using Object-Oriented MetricsACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes10.1145/1943371.194338236:2(1-6)Online publication date: 5-May-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1943371.1943382

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