A software evolution complex network for object oriented software

With rapid growth of software Complexity, software reliability is an important issue in recent years. Thus, software complex networks are raised to give an expression of software complexity. Recent software complex networks are insufficient in expressing software feature with software reliability. In this paper, a software evolution complex network for object-oriented software (OOSEN) is built based on object-oriented code. With detailed structural feature and software version updating information, OOSEN makes improvement in expressing software features. By analysis software version updating dates, OOSEN builds a more effectively relationship with software reliability. The expandability makes OOSEN more suitable to express software system.

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