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A Bridge Role Metric Model for Nodes in Software Networks

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  • Bo Li
  • Yanli Feng
  • Shiyu Ge
  • Dashe Li

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A bridge role metric model is put forward in this paper. Compared with previous metric models, our solution of a large-scale object-oriented software system as a complex network is inherently more realistic. To acquire nodes and links in an undirected network, a new model that presents the crucial connectivity of a module or the hub instead of only centrality as in previous metric models is presented. Two previous metric models are described for comparison. In addition, it is obvious that the fitting curve between the results and degrees can well be fitted by a power law. The model represents many realistic characteristics of actual software structures, and a hydropower simulation system is taken as an example. This paper makes additional contributions to an accurate understanding of module design of software systems and is expected to be beneficial to software engineering practices.

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  • Bo Li & Yanli Feng & Shiyu Ge & Dashe Li, 2014. "A Bridge Role Metric Model for Nodes in Software Networks," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(11), pages 1-8, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0111613
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111613
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