Title :
CodeRank: a new family of software metrics
Author :
Neate, Blair ; Irwin, Warwick ; Churcher, Neville
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Software Eng., Canterbury Univ., Christchurch
Abstract :
The concept of pagerank has proved successful in allowing search engines to identify important pages in the World Wide Web. In this paper, we describe the application of the pagerank concept to the domain of software in order to derive a new family of metrics, CodeRank, which captures aspects of software not readily obtainable from other metrics. We have implemented a tool, CODERANKER, to compute values of CodeRank metrics using a full semantic model which we have developed. We present some results and discuss the use of CodeRank metrics in their interpretation
Keywords :
software metrics; software tools; CODERANKER tool; CodeRank metrics; pagerank concept; software metrics; Application software; Computer science; Electronic mail; Object oriented modeling; Search engines; Software engineering; Software measurement; Software metrics; Visualization; Web sites;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering Conference, 2006. Australian
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2551-2
DOI :
10.1109/ASWEC.2006.21
