Software Complexity and its Impact on Software Reliability

Authors:
K. S. Lew;T. S. Dillon;K. E. Forward
Affiliations:
L. M. Ericsson Pty. Ltd., Vistoria, Australia;La Trobe Univ., Bundorra, Victoria, Australia;Melbourne Univ., Vistoria, Australia
Venue:
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Year:
1988

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Abstract

To produce reliable software, its complexity must be controlled by suitably decomposing the software system into smaller subsystems. A software complexity metric is developed that 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 this complexity metric is in the development of an external complexity measure that characterizes module interaction.