DocumentCode
280570
Title
System architecture metrics for controlling software maintainability
Author
Shepperd, M.J.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Technol., Wolverhampton Polytech., UK
fYear
1990
fDate
32878
Firstpage
42461
Lastpage
42463
Abstract
Describes a class of system architecture metrics, based upon the notion of information flows. These metrics are a development of the pioneering work of Sallie Henry and Denis Kefura (1981), and are applicable to the problem of controlling software maintainability. Results from an industrial validation of the relationship between some metrics and actual maintainability are presented. It is concluded that this approach has considerable potential, although there remains much scope for refinement
Keywords
software engineering; industrial validation; information flows; software maintainability; system architecture metrics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Software Metrics, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location
London
Type
conf
Filename
190905
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