Title :
An entropy metric for software maintainability
Author_Institution :
California State Univ., Hayward, CA, USA
Abstract :
An entropy metric that can be calculated from readily available data for existing software is presented. Commercially available software provides data on the message flow in software, which are used to calculate changes in the entropy loading during software maintenance. Since entropy increases indicate increases in the disorder of the software system, entropy loading can be used as a metric in software maintenance
Keywords :
software engineering; entropy metric; message flow; software maintainability; Algorithms; Computational complexity; Documentation; Entropy; Frequency; Software maintenance; Software metrics; Software systems;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1989. Vol.II: Software Track, Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kailua-Kona, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-1912-0
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1989.48047
