COMPLEXITY-MEASURES FOR CONCURRENT PROGRAMS BASED ON INFORMATION-THEORETIC METRICS

被引:5
作者
CHA, S [1 ]
CHUNG, IS [1 ]
KWON, YR [1 ]
机构
[1] KOREA ADV INST SCI & TECHNOL, DEPT COMP SCI, 373-1 KUSONG DONG, YUSUNG GU, TAEJON 305701, SOUTH KOREA
关键词
SOFTWARE METRIC; INFORMATION THEORY; CONCURRENT PROGRAM COMPLEXITY; EXCESS ENTROPY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CONCURRENCY;
D O I
10.1016/0020-0190(93)90195-F
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
We present a model and information-theoretic measures (entropy) which provide the complexity of concurrent programs. The information content, risk ratio and the amount of intertasking activity contained in a concurrent program are measured in terms of the information in the corresponding graph representation.
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页码:43 / 50
页数:8
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