Masters Theses

Abstract

"Many authors have encouraged the use of modular programming techniques in software development. In fact, there is almost total agreement within industrial and academic circles that modularity is a desirable feature of any software package. Unfortunately, the desirability of modular design is almost always voiced without support from experimental evidence.

This thesis consists of an experiment comparing the resource consumption of programmers based on the modularity practices employed during the design and programming phases of software development. The experiment tests the effectiveness of modularity in reducing psychological complexity of software.

The results of the research show that in some cases there is indeed a difference in resource consumption between the modularity practices tested. However, the stated benefits of modularity did not carry over to the design and programming phases of software development. The use of modularity seemed, in fact, to increase development costs in some cases"--Abstract, page ii.

Advisor(s)

Dekock, Arlan R.

Committee Member(s)

Prater, John Bruce, 1932-2002
Samaranayake, V. A.

Department(s)

Computer Science

Degree Name

M.S. in Computer Science

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

Spring 1984

Pagination

vi, 55 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-54).

Rights

© 1984 Alan D. Christiansen, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Thesis Number

T 5038

Print OCLC #

10911398

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