A relevance of documentation metric /

accurately determining the maintainability of software

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Patterson, Justin William
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1996.
Subjects:
Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:accurately determining the maintainability of software
and issues arising from this initial implementation suggest
areas for future research, including the use of natural
determining maintainability: that of examining the contents
documentation and source code are tightly coupled. Problems
each other. An initial relevance of documentation metric
For years, researchers have been striving to find ways of
heavily influenced by the presentation of the system and the
Knuth's literate programming paradigm, in which
language understanding techniques combined with an analysis
most often based upon determining the complexity of the
of the documentation and the source code with respect to
of the semantic structure of the code.
quality of the documentation that is provided. This
research is based upon a new approach to the problem of
system. The maintainability of a system is not a product of
systems. The topic has been approached in numerous ways,
target systems for this metric were programs written using
the ease of comprehension of the system. This is, in turn,
the program's complexity alone but is greatly affected by
was implemented using pattern-matchilng techniques. The
Item Description:"Major subject: Computer Science".
Vita.
Physical Description:ix, 65 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.