Publication Date
5-1990
Advisor(s) - Committee Chair
Thomas Cheatham, John Crenshaw, Kenneth Modesitt
Degree Program
Department of Computer Science
Degree Type
Master of Science
Abstract
Within this thesis the application of software complexity metrics in the object-oriented paradigm is examined. Several factors which may affect the complexity of software objects are identified and discussed. The specific applications of Maurice Halstead’s Software Science and Thomas McCabe’s cyclomatic-complexity metric are discussed in detail.
The goals here are to identify methods for applying existing software metrics to objects and to provide a basis of analysis for future studies of the measurement and control of software complexity in the object-oriented paradigm of software development.
Halstead’s length, vocabulary, volume, program levels and effort metrics are defined for objects. A limit for the McCabe cyclomatic complexity of an object is suggested. Also, tools for calculating these metrics have been developed in LISP on a Texas Instruments’ Explorer.
Disciplines
Computer Sciences | Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Recommended Citation
Coppick, John, "Software Metrics for Object-Oriented Software" (1990). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 1920.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1920