The subprogram problem for software metric design

✍ Scribed by Ronald E. Prather

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 504 KB
• Volume: 60
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0020-0190
• DOI: 10.1016/s0020-0190(96)00152-4

✦ Synopsis

In the design of software metrics, increasing attention has been given to the complexity arising from the pattern of coupling among subprograms. We call it the "subprogram problem"to discover the most effective means whereby one might judiciously assign a measure to the subprogram calls appearing in the context of tightly-coupled modules. We phrase our solution in the language of matrix analysis, giving rise to both an exact and an iterative computational approach. The resulting methodology is uniform over a wide range of software metrics, integrating an accounting for the coupling complexity into the extended meaning of a particular metric. A running example is provided, fully illustrating the technique.