DocumentCode
1297922
Title
Validating Halstead´s theory with system 3 data
Author
Lipow, M.
Author_Institution
Hughes Aircraft Co., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Issue
4
fYear
1986
fDate
4/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
584
Lastpage
584
Abstract
Gaffney (ibid., vol.SE-10, no.7, pp.459-463, 1984) concludes that the number of faults per line of code is independent of whether Assembly language or a high order language is used. This is contrary to the results published by the commenter (ibid. vol.SE-8, pp.437-439, July 1982). It is contended that the paper by Gaffney contains some technical errors and uses erroneous data. An explanation of the source of the erroneous data is given. Also, previously published information by the commenter on the average number of operators plus operands per line of Assembly language code is corrected.
Keywords
programming theory; Assembly language; average number of operators; faults per line of code; high order language; operands per line; Assembly; Predictive models; Programming; Psychology; Software; Software reliability; System testing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0098-5589
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TSE.1986.6312906
Filename
6312906
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