Evaluating software degradation through entropy

摘要: Software systems are affected by degradation as an effect of continuous change. Since late interventions too much onerous, software should be detected early in the lifetime. is currently using many different complexity metrics, but their use to monitor maintenance activities costly. These metrics difficult interpret, because each emphasizes a particular aspect and aspects shown not orthogonal. The purpose our research measure entropy system assess its degradation. In this paper, we partially validate class case study, replicated on successive releases set systems. validity through direct measures quality, such number defects, effort slipped defects.