Comparison of an object-oriented programming language to a procedural programming language for effectiveness in program maintenance

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dc.contributor.authorHumphrey, Matthew Cameronen
dc.contributor.committeechairHenry, Sallie M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHartson, H. Rexen
dc.contributor.committeememberHix, Deborah S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKafura, Dennis G.en
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Science and Applicationsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:47:33Zen
dc.date.adate2010-10-13en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:47:33Zen
dc.date.issued1988-05-05en
dc.date.rdate2010-10-13en
dc.date.sdate2010-10-13en
dc.description.abstractNew software tools and methodologies make claims that managers often believe intuitively without evidence. Many unsupported claims have been made about object-oriented programming. However, without rigorous scientific evidence, it is impossible to accept these claims as valid. Although experimentation has been done in the past, most of the research is very recent and the most relevant research has serious drawbacks. This study attempts to empirically verify the claim that object-oriented languages produce programs that are more easily maintained than those programmed with procedural languages. Measurements of subjects performing maintenance tasks onto two identical programs, one object-oriented and the other procedure-oriented show the object-oriented version to be more maintainable.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvii, 105 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-10132010-020108en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10132010-020108/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/45161en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1988.H956.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 18616356en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1988.H956en
dc.subject.lcshSoftware engineeringen
dc.subject.lcshSoftware maintenanceen
dc.titleComparison of an object-oriented programming language to a procedural programming language for effectiveness in program maintenanceen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Science and Applicationsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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