Photjanat Janvattanavong
ABSTRACT
One desired quality attribute of software is software modularity which is a degree to which the software is decomposed into loosely couple packages. Each software package consists of highly cohesive classes. When the software is modified due to software changes, the modularity of the software is affected. The software needs to be remodularized in order to maintain its modularity. This paper proposes an approach to remodularize the software using Tabu search for improving the modularity of the modified software. An evaluation is conducted with two examples and the results of a preliminary evaluation are reported.
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- Software Remodularization Using Tabu Search
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