Software complexity measurement

Joseph P. Kearney; Robert L. Sedlmeyer; William B. Thompson; Michael Gray; Michael A. Adler

doi:10.1145/7538.7540

Abstract

Inappropriate use of software complexity measures can have large, damaging effects by rewarding poor programming practices and demoralizing good programmers. Software complexity measures must be critically evaluated to determine the ways in which they can best be used.

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Computer scienceProgramming complexitySoftwareSoftware engineeringSoftware constructionProgramming languageSoftware systemOperating system

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Year: 1986
Type: article
Volume: 29
Issue: 11
Pages: 1044-1050
Citations: 194
Access: Closed

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                                    Joseph P. Kearney, 
                                
                                    Robert L. Sedlmeyer, 
                                
                                    William B. Thompson
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1986). 
                            Software complexity measurement. 
                            Communications of the ACM
                            , 29
                            (11)
                            , 1044-1050.
                            https://doi.org/10.1145/7538.7540
                        

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DOI: 10.1145/7538.7540