DocumentCode
2622111
Title
Complex Network Model for Software System and Complexity Measurement
Author
Gao, Song ; Li, Chunping
Author_Institution
Comput. Sci. & Technol. Dept., Key Lab. for Inf. Syst. Security, Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Volume
7
fYear
2009
fDate
March 31 2009-April 2 2009
Firstpage
624
Lastpage
628
Abstract
This paper proposes a new method for measuring the complexity of software systems based on complex network theory. We first construct the complex network model for software system. Then, the complexity of a homogeneous system is defined according to the entropy theory. With the experiments on open source software systems, we show that our method can reveal the complexity on different aspects of software systems,such as inheritance and understanding complexity.
Keywords
complex networks; object-oriented programming; software metrics; complex network model; entropy theory; homogeneous system; object-oriented technology; software system complexity measurement; Complex networks; Computer science; Information security; Information systems; Laboratories; Object oriented modeling; Open source software; Packaging; Software measurement; Software systems; Complex Network; Software Complexity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computer Science and Information Engineering, 2009 WRI World Congress on
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN
978-0-7695-3507-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CSIE.2009.135
Filename
5170394
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