期刊名称：International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA)
印刷版ISSN：2158-107X
电子版ISSN：2156-5570
出版年度：2019
卷号：10
期号：12
页码：592-608
出版社：Science and Information Society (SAI)
摘要：Sustainability of software architectures is largely
dependent on cost-effective evolution and modular architecture.
Careful modularization, characterizing proper design of complex
system is cognitive and challenging task for insuring improved
sustainability. Moreover, failure to modularize the software systems
during its evolution phases often results in requiring extra
effort towards managing design deterioration and solving unforeseen
inter-dependencies. In this paper, we present an empirical
perspective of package-level modularization metrics proposed by
Sarkar, Kak and Rama to characterize modularization quality
through packages. In particular, we explore impact of these
design based modularization metrics on other well known modularity
metrics and software quality metrics. Our experimental
examination over open source java software systems illustrates
that package-level modularization metrics significantly correlate
with architectural sustainability measures and quality metrics of
software systems.
