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Software Testing, 4th Edition
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Software Testing, 4th Edition

by Paul C. Jorgensen
April 2016
Intermediate to advanced
494 pages
12h 49m
English
Auerbach Publications
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Chapter 16

Software Complexity

Most discussions of software complexity focus on two main models—cyclomatic (or decisional) complexity, and textual complexity as measured by the Halstead metrics. Both approaches are commonly used at the unit level; however, both can also be used at the integration and system levels. This chapter takes a closer look at software complexity at all three levels—unit, integration, and system. At the unit level, the basic cyclomatic complexity model (also known as McCabe complexity) is extended in two ways. Integration-level complexity applies cyclomatic complexity to a directed graph in which units are nodes and edges represent either object-oriented messages or procedural calls. After discussing the complexities due ...

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