Design complexity measurement and testing

  • Authors:
  • Thomas J. McCabe;Charles W. Butler

  • Affiliations:
  • McCabe and Associates, Columbia, MD;Texas A&M Univ., College Station

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1989

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Abstract

System designers can quantify the complexity of a software design by using a trio of finely tuned design metrics.