An account of new measure of coupling and cohesiondeveloped to assess the reusability of Java components isproposed in this paper. These measures differ from themajority of established metrics in two respects: they reflectthe degree to which entities are coupled or resemble eachother, and they take account of indirect couplings orsimilarities. An empirical comparison of the new measureswith eight established metrics is described. The newmeasures are shown to be consistently superior atmeasuring component reusability.
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