dc.contributor.supervisor |
Hossain, Shahadat |
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dc.contributor.author |
Zulkarnine, Ahmed Tahsin |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2013-06-19T21:17:52Z |
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dc.date.available |
2013-06-19T21:17:52Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2012 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/10133/3256 |
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dc.description |
x, 87 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm |
en_US |
dc.description.abstract |
One of the main objectives of software development in scientific computing is efficiency.
Being focused on highly specialized application domain, important software quality metrics,
e.g., usability, extensibility ,etc may not be amongst the list of primary objectives.
In this research, we have studied the design structures and iterative releases of scientific
research software using Design Structure Matrix(DSM). We implemented a DSM partitioning
algorithm using sparse matrix data structure Compressed Row Storage(CRS), and
its timing was better than those obtained from the most widely used C++ library boost. Secondly,
we computed several architectural complexity metrics, compared releases and total
release costs of a number of open source scientific research software. One of the important
finding is the absence of circular dependencies in studied software which attributes to the
strong emphasis on computational performance of the code. Iterative release analysis indicates
that there might be a correspondence between “clustering co-efficient” and “release
rework cost” of the software. |
en_US |
dc.language.iso |
en_US |
en_US |
dc.publisher |
Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, c2012 |
en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Thesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science) |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Science -- Computer programs |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Computer software -- Development |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Computer software -- Testing |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Sparse matrices |
en_US |
dc.title |
Design structure and iterative release analysis of scientific software |
en_US |
dc.type |
Thesis |
en_US |
dc.publisher.faculty |
Arts and Science |
en_US |
dc.publisher.department |
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science |
en_US |
dc.degree.level |
Masters |
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