Mıshra, DeeptiMishra,D.Mishra,A.Mıshra, AlokComputer EngineeringSoftware Engineering2024-07-052024-07-05200933642029612978-364202961-51611-334910.1007/978-3-642-02962-2_572-s2.0-69049114086https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02962-2_57https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/3595University of Southern Queensland; Queensland University of Technology; Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications; University of Regina; International Rough Set SocietyIdentifying high cognitive complexity modules can lead to a better quality software system and can help during maintenance also. It has been found that inheritance has an impact on cognitive complexity of a software system. In this paper, two inheritance metrics based on cognitive complexity, one at class level CCI (Class Complexity due to Inheritance) and another at program level ACI (Average Complexity of a program due to Inheritance), have been proposed for object-oriented software systems. These metrics are also compared with other well known object-oriented inheritance metrics. © 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessCognitive complexityObject-oriented systemsSoftware metricsConference Object5589 LNAI452460