Validation of structure metrics: a case study

A framework for the validation of axiomatic structure metrics is presented. In a case study, the comprehensibility of type expressions in the functional programming language Miranda has been investigated. A structure metric for the comprehensibility of type expressions has been developed together wi...

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Main Authors: van den Berg, K.G., van den Broek, P.M., van Petersen, G.M.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer aided software engineering
Computer science
Functional programming
Q measurement
Software measurement
Software metrics
Software systems
Tellurium
Tin
Tree data structures
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Summary:A framework for the validation of axiomatic structure metrics is presented. In a case study, the comprehensibility of type expressions in the functional programming language Miranda has been investigated. A structure metric for the comprehensibility of type expressions has been developed together with internal and external axioms. This structure metric has been validated experimentally. The calibrated metric function results in a good prediction of the comprehensibility.< >
DOI:10.1109/METRIC.1993.263797