DocumentCode
564103
Title
A network perspective on software modularity
Author
Zanetti, Marcelo Serrano ; Schweitzer, Frank
Author_Institution
Dept. of Syst. Design, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
fYear
2012
fDate
28-29 Feb. 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
8
Abstract
Modularity is a desirable characteristic for software systems. In this article we propose to use a quantitative method from complex network sciences to estimate the coherence between the modularity of the dependency network of large open source Java projects and their decomposition in terms of Java packages. The results presented in this article indicate that our methodology offers a promising and reasonable quantitative approach with potential impact on software engineering processes.
Keywords
Java; public domain software; software architecture; Java packages; complex network sciences; dependency network modularity; large open source Java projects; network perspective; quantitative method; software engineering processes; software modularity; software systems; Coherence; Java; Measurement; Programming; Software systems; Visualization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
ARCS Workshops (ARCS), 2012
Conference_Location
Muenchen
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1913-3
Electronic_ISBN
978-3-88579-294-9
Type
conf
Filename
6222227
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