DocumentCode
1554734
Title
Validating Halstead´s theory for Pascal programs
Author
Felician, Leonardo ; Zalateu, Graziella
Author_Institution
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica, Elettrotecnica, e Inf., Trieste Univ., Italy
Volume
15
Issue
12
fYear
1989
fDate
12/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1630
Lastpage
1632
Abstract
M.H. Halstead´s theory (1977) has been validated for different languages, but Pascal programs seem to fit only partially with the theory. D.B. Johnston and A.M. Lister (1981) first recognized the lack of operators due to the structure of this language and proposed a modification of Halstead´s formula. The article confirms their results but suggests a correction to their formula, which is particularly necessary for large programs. Experimental results, obtained by examining about 550 Pascal programs, represent the widest test to date of Halstead theory with regard to Pascal programs
Keywords
Pascal; programming theory; Halstead theory; Pascal programs; large programs; operators; Data processing; Software algorithms; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0098-5589
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/32.58773
Filename
58773
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