Technology for assessing the quality of program systems components based on code complexity metrics

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https://doi.org/10.18372/2073-4751.85.21099

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software quality, internal quality, SQuaRE, ISO/IEC 25010, maintainability, Halstead metrics, McCabe cyclomatic complexity, static code analysis

Abstract

The article investigates methods and tools for assessing the internal quality of software using code complexity metrics according to M. Halstead and T. McCabe. A general analysis of the maintainability quality characteristic and its subcharacteristics from the SQuaRE ISO/IEC 25010 standard is performed, which can be effectively used to assess the maintainability of program systems. The main attention is paid to the Halstead and McCabe metrics, since they allow quantitatively assessing the structural complexity of the code of software components. It is shown that these metrics are useful and effective for determining the quality measures of analyzability, modifiability and testability of software modules. An approach to interpreting the results of static code analysis based on the SQuaRE quality model is proposed. The practical part is illustrated by an example of Python code.

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2026-04-28

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Raichev, I., & Khrustovskyi, A. (2026). Technology for assessing the quality of program systems components based on code complexity metrics. Problems of Informatization and Control, 1(85). https://doi.org/10.18372/2073-4751.85.21099

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