Date of Award
1987
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Coulter, Neal S.
Thesis/Dissertation Co-Chair
Harold, Frederick G.
Additional Committee Member 1
Munson, John C.
Abstract
Through a small contained environment, this study evaluates an information-based complexity metric theory and its relationship to the effort expended in constructing a program. The metric, which calculates the amount of information present in a program specification, determines the specification's complexity measure. The observed measures of programmer effort were the numbers of keystrokes, insertions, deletions, and runs needed to complete the program specification. It was theorized that a program with a higher complexity value than that of another program will require more programmer resources to complete. A significant relationship between the metric and the number of keystrokes was found.
Extent
81 p.
Recommended Citation
Danaher, Mary Schindlbeck, "Experimental Study of an Information-Based Complexity Metric" (1987). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1980 - 1989. 538.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_3/538
Identifier
FADT14412
Comments
Thesis (M.A.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1987.|College of Business|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.A.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1987.