Cohesion measurements between variables and methods using component-based software systems

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International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, 2024, vol. 15, issue 7, No 30, 3242-3250

Abstract: Abstract The practice of leveraging previously created software components to progress new software is identified as component-based software engineering (CBSE). Good software engineering design is the foundation of CBSE principles. The black box approach that underpins CBSE hides the execution of components in nature, and the components communicate with one another using strictly delineated interfaces. Component platforms are shared, which lowers the price of creation. To ascertain a system's complexity, various software metrics are employed. For superiority in software intricacy, coupling would be minimal, and cohesiveness must be high. It is predetermined that coupling should be low and cohesion should be increased for refinement in software complexity. We are identifying the combination of different software systems and improving the methods for doing so with our approach. Proposed: Cohm (cohesion of methods) and Cohv (cohesion of variables) are two cohesion metrics that have been proposed. The cohesiveness metrics in this study have been analytically and empirically evaluated, and a comparison has been made between them. Additionally, an effort was made to give the outcomes of an empirical estimation based on the case study. The T-test is used to determine the consequences of the metrics, and Python is used to validate the metrics. Python or R programming and the Matlab tool are used to determine the relationship between various variables and metrics. Findings: The consequence of the current investigation is very encouraging and might be used to estimate the involvedness of the parts. The proportional analysis of the proposed metrics and various cohesion metrics reveals that the suggested metrics are more cohesive than the present metrics, increasing the likelihood that they can be reused when creating new applications.

Keywords: Cohesion; Cohm (cohesion of methods); Cohv (cohesion of variables); CBSE metrics; Black box; Testing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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