A Fuzzy Logic Approach to Measure the Complexity of Component-based Software

Authors

  • Aditya Pratap Singh Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, Ghaziabad-201009, UP, India
  • Pradeep Tomar School of ICT, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida-201308, UP, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37591/josettt.v1i2.136

Abstract

Component-Based Software (CBS) Development is now a widely accepted software methodology to manage the increasing complexity and maximize the reuse of code. This paper presents a complexity metric combined with three submetrics for measuring the complexity of a CBS. This complexity metric incorporates three key aspects—coupling, cohesion and interface complexities. To automate the complexity measurement of a CBS, a tool has been developed using fuzzy logic. For this tool, a set of rules has been defined as a rule base. The complexity of a majority of CBS applications can be measured using this tool.

Keywords: Component-based software (CBS), complexity, coupling, cohesion,
fuzzy logic

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2014-08-12

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