A new measure of software complexity based on cognitive weights

Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 69-74

  Shao, Jingqiu ^a   Wang, Yingxu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive weight; Formal description; Measurement; RTPA; Software complexity; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE WEIGHTS;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0142258284     PISSN: 08408688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/CJECE.2003.1532511     Document Type: Conference Paper

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