1. Software Complexity and Its Impact on Software Reliability.
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Lew, Ken S., Dillon, Tharam S., and Forward, Kevin E.
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COMPUTER software , *COMPUTATIONAL complexity , *RELIABILITY in engineering , *SOFTWARE engineering , *SOFTWARE measurement , *DESIGN - Abstract
The complexity of a computer software often reflects software reliability. The likelihood of design error increases as the complexity of the problem arises. In order to produce reliability software, its complexity must be controlled by suitably decomposing the software system into smaller subsystems. A software complexity metric is developed which includes both the internal and external complexity of a module. This allows analysis of a software system during its development and provides a guide to system decomposition. The basis of the software complexity metric is in the development of an external complexity measure which characterized module interaction.
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- 1988
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