Assessing software structure by entropy and information density
Ana Isabel Cardoso, Rui Gustavo Crespo, Peter Kokol · ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes · 2004
In this paper we show how the long range correlation and the local entropy measures in the software program can give indication about its structure. First we define a long range correlation and local entropy introducing a list of examples of use of those measures across different fields. We then present a method to calculate the long range correlation in the Software Engineering and we use that method in a Case Study. Finally we conclude that the use of those two metrics, borrowed from the complex systems theory, are potential and easier for measuring the object program structure.