Method of Coupling Metrics for Object-Oriented Software System Based on CSBG Approach

Table 3

Comparative analysis for the typical methods of coupling measurement.

Method	Type	Strength	Fan-out/fan-in	Indirect coupling	Inheritance	Weighted	Static invocation	System metric	Package level
CBO	Method invocation, attribute reference	#coupled classed	Both	No	Both	No	No	No	No
CBO′					Non-inh.-based	No	No
RFC	Method invocation	#methods invoked	Import	No	Both	Yes	No
RFCα				Yes		Yes
RFC′				Yes		Yes
MPC	Method invocation	#methods invocations	Import	No	Both	Yes	Yes
DAC	Type of attribute	#attributes	Import	No	Both	Yes	No
DAC′		#distinct types				No	No
COF	Method invocation, attribute reference	#coupled classed	Both	No	Non-inh.-based	Yes	No	Yes
ICP	Method invocation	#methods invocations, #parameters passed	Import	No	Both	Yes	No	No
IH-ICP					inh.-based	Yes	No
NIH-ICP					Non-inh.-based	Yes	No
SIMAS	Method invocation	#methods invocations	Import	Yes	Both	Yes	Yes
PIM	Method invocation	#methods invocations		No	Both	Yes	No
PIMAS	Method invocation	#methods invocations		Yes	Both	Yes	No
INAG	Type of attribute	#attributes		Yes	Both	No	No
ACAIC	Type of attribute	#attributes	Import	No	inh.-based	Yes	No
OCAIC					Non-inh.-based	Yes
ACMIC	Type of parameter	#of parameters			inh.-based	Yes
OCMIC					Non-inh.-based	Yes
AMMC	Method invocation	#method invocations			inh.-based	Yes
OMMC					Non-inh.-based	Yes
ICF	Method invocation, attribute reference	#method invocations	Import	No	Both	Yes	No	No	No
FCF			Export			Yes