DocumentCode
749858
Title
A Measure of Control Flow Complexity in Program Text
Author
Woodward, Martin R. ; Hennell, Michael A. ; Hedley, David
Author_Institution
Department of Computational and Statistical Science, University of Liverpool
Issue
1
fYear
1979
Firstpage
45
Lastpage
50
Abstract
This paper discusses the need for measures of complexity and unstructuredness of programs. A simple language independent concept is put forward as a measure of control flow complexity in program text and is then developed for use as a measure of unstructuredness. The proposed metric is compared with other metrics, the most notable of which is the cyclomatic complexity measure. Some experience with automatic tools for obtaining these metrics is reported.
Keywords
Program complexity; program control flow; program unstructuredness; software metrics; Automatic control; Fluid flow measurement; History; Maintenance; Performance evaluation; Production; Programming profession; Software measurement; Software metrics; Testing; Program complexity; program control flow; program unstructuredness; software metrics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0098-5589
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TSE.1979.226497
Filename
1702586
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