Complexity measurement of a graphical programming language and comparison of a graphical and a textual design language

For many years the software engineering community has been attacking the software reliability problem on two fronts. First via design methodologies, languages and tools as a precheck on quality and second by measuring the quality of produced software as a postcheck. This research attempts to unify the approach to creating reliable software by providing the ability to measure the quality of a design prior to its implementation. Also presented is a comparison of a graphical and a textual design language in an effort to support cognitive science research findings that the human brain works more effectively in images than in text.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Computer Science and Applications

Department dc:contributor.department

Computer Science and Applications

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1987

Author dc:creator

• Goff, Roger Allen

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Henry, Sallie M.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Hartson, H. Rex
• Kafura, Dennis G.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-11142012-040332

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/45686