Design of a Cognitive Complexities Measurement and Analysis Tool

Author

Chiew, Vincent ; Wang, Yingxu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Calgary Univ., Alta.

fYear

2006

fDate

38838

Firstpage

1667

Lastpage

1670

Abstract

The complexities of software systems are more prominent now than ever, due to progression of simple software applications to large integrated systems, either centralized or distributed. The challenges to software engineer somehow to understand and manage such large software systems and deal with software cognitive complexities. Although there are research areas such as human machine interface or human factor engineering, there is still little research on how to quantitatively measure and analyze human cognitive complexities in comprehending and understanding complex software systems. This paper studies human interaction with software programs in the cognitive perspective on software complexity. Based on the findings, a pilot software cognitive complexity measurement and analyses tool (CCMAT) is presented

Keywords

human computer interaction; human factors; program diagnostics; reverse engineering; software metrics; user interfaces; human computer interaction; human factor engineering; human machine interface; software cognitive complexity measurement analysis tool design; software engineering; Brain modeling; Cognitive informatics; Computer industry; Electric variables measurement; Human factors; Robustness; Software engineering; Software measurement; Software systems; Software tools; Cognitive informatics; analyses; processes measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2006. CCECE '06. Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0038-4

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0038-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2006.277601

Filename

4054936