Title :
Evaluating the process control-flow complexity measure
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. & Eng., Univ. of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
Abstract :
Process measurement is the task of empirically and objectively assigning numbers to the attributes of processes in such a way as to describe them. We define process complexity as the degree to which a process is difficult to analyze, understand or explain. One way to analyze a process´ complexity is to use a process control-flow complexity measure. This measure analyzes the control-flow of processes and can be applied to both Web processes and workflows. In this paper, we discuss how to evaluate the control-flow complexity measure to ensure that it can be qualify as a good and comprehensive one.
Keywords :
software metrics; software performance evaluation; workflow management software; Web processes; process control-flow complexity measure; software metrics; workflows; Disaster management; Drugs; Large-scale systems; Mathematics; Medical services; Mission critical systems; Phase measurement; Process control; Process design; Software measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Web Services, 2005. ICWS 2005. Proceedings. 2005 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2409-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICWS.2005.57