Effective size: An example of use from legacy systems

Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-116

  Chapin, Ned ^a   Lau, Tony S ^b  

^a InfoSci Inc   (United States)

^b Packaged Business Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditionals; Program comprehension; Program structure; Software maintenance; Software metrics; Software quality; Software size; Structured design; Structured programming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAINTENANCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING;

CYCLOMATIC COMPLEXITY; EFFECTIVE SIZE; HIERARCHICAL DEPTH; IF NESTING DEPTH; LEGACY SYSTEM; PROGRAM STRUCTURE;

COBOL (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

EID: 0030109202     PISSN: 1532060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-908x(199603)8:2<101::aid-smr125>3.0.co;2-3     Document Type: Article

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