Title :
A comparative study of spatial complexity metrics and their impact on maintenance effort
Author :
Rana, Zeeshan Ali ; Khan, Malik Jahan ; Shamail, Shafay
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Lahore Univ. of Manage. Sci.
Abstract :
Maintenance is an important phase of software lifecycle. A significant fraction of overall effort and cost is consumed on comprehension and maintenance. Maintenance effort is highly correlated with spatial complexity of the system. The existing metrics for measuring spatial complexity are not suitable for all types of software systems. These metrics sometimes do not depict the effect of the key factors, which contribute significantly towards maintenance effort. In addition, most of these metrics are suitable for a specific type of a system. In this paper, the existing metrics have been studied and their application areas have been identified
Keywords :
computational complexity; life cycle costing; software maintenance; cognitive complexity; maintenance matrix; software lifecycle; spatial complexity metrics; Application software; Computer science; Conference management; Costs; Distance measurement; Resource management; Software maintenance; Software measurement; Software systems; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies, 2006. ICET '06. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Peshawar
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0503-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0503-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICET.2006.336031
