dc.contributor.author | Wen, Lian | |
dc.contributor.author | Dromey, R Geoff | |
dc.contributor.author | Kirk, Diana | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T14:08:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T14:08:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
dc.date.modified | 2009-10-06T05:27:05Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1083-4419 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1109/TSMCB.2008.2008102 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/25961 | |
dc.description.abstract | Complex-network theory is a new approach in studying different types of large systems in both the physical and the abstract worlds. In this paper, we have studied two kinds of network from software engineering: the component dependence network and the sorting comparison network (SCN). It is found that they both show the same scale-free property under certain conditions as complex networks in other fields. These results suggest that complex-network theory can be a useful approach to the study of software systems. The special properties of SCNs provide a more repeatable and deterministic way to study the evolution and optimization of complex networks. They also suggest that the closer a sorting algorithm is to the theoretical optimal limit, the more its SCN is like a scale-free network. This may also indicate that, to store and retrieve information efficiently, a concept network might need to be scale-free. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.format.extent | 803261 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | IEEE | |
dc.publisher.place | New York | |
dc.publisher.uri | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=3477 | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 648 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 657 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 3 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | I E E E Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 39 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Applied mathematics | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4901 | |
dc.title | Software Engineering and Scale-Free Networks | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Sciences, School of Information and Communication Technology | |
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gro.date.issued | 2009 | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Wen, Larry | |