When the software system evolves, its scale is increasingly growing to the degree where it is very hard to handle. Measuring the internal quality of the source code is one of the goals of making software development an engineering practice. Source Lines of Code (SLOC) and Cyclomatic Complexity (CC) are usually considered indicators of the complexity of a software system. Software complexity is an essential characteristic of a software system where it plays an important role in its success or failure. Although understanding the complexity is very important, yet it is not clear how complexity evolves in open source systems. In this paper, we study the complexity evolution of five open source projects from different domains. We analyze the growth of ten releases of these systems and show how complexity evolves over time. We then show how these systems conform to the second Lehman's law of software evolution.
목차
Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Lehman's Laws of Evolution 3. Studies on Open-Source Projects 4. Studies on Open-Source Projects 5. Empirical Study 5.1. Selected Systems 5.2. Data Collection Process 5.3. Size Evolution 5.5. Discussion 5.4. Complexity Evolution 6. Threats to Validity 7. Conclusion References
보안공학연구지원센터(IJHIT) [Science & Engineering Research Support Center, Republic of Korea(IJHIT)]
설립연도
2006
분야
공학>컴퓨터학
소개
1. 보안공학에 대한 각종 조사 및 연구
2. 보안공학에 대한 응용기술 연구 및 발표
3. 보안공학에 관한 각종 학술 발표회 및 전시회 개최
4. 보안공학 기술의 상호 협조 및 정보교환
5. 보안공학에 관한 표준화 사업 및 규격의 제정
6. 보안공학에 관한 산학연 협동의 증진
7. 국제적 학술 교류 및 기술 협력
8. 보안공학에 관한 논문지 발간
9. 기타 본 회 목적 달성에 필요한 사업
간행물
간행물명
International Journal of Hybrid Information Technology
간기
격월간
pISSN
1738-9968
수록기간
2008~2016
십진분류
KDC 505DDC 605
이 권호 내 다른 논문 / International Journal of Hybrid Information Technology Vol.8 No.2