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Statistical analysis of software coupling measurement based on complex networks

  • Xu Guoai*
  • , Gao Yang
  • , Liu Fanfan
  • , Chen Aiguo
  • , Zhang Miao
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

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Abstract

As the scale and complexity of software systems increasing, researches have begun to place much more emphasis on the area of software measurement, especially coupling measurement in object-oriented systems. In order to understand the coupling measure, we make use of complex network theory to characterize and describe its macroscopic properties. A novel software coupling network was proposed firstly, then the well-defined weight was further added to the software coupling network and got the software coupling weight network which was used to calculate coupling measure. Some of the coupling measure methods such as Coupling between objects (CBO) and Message passing coupling (MPC) were calculated based on the general statistical features of software coupling weight network. The examinations show that both of CBO and MPC have the scale-free property. Finally the relationship between them was interpreted.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2008 International Seminar on Future Information Technology and Management Engineering, FITME 2008
Pages577-581
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event2008 International Seminar on Future Information Technology and Management Engineering, FITME 2008 - Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Duration: 20 Nov 200820 Nov 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2008 International Seminar on Future Information Technology and Management Engineering, FITME 2008

Conference

Conference2008 International Seminar on Future Information Technology and Management Engineering, FITME 2008
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLeicestershire
Period20/11/0820/11/08

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