Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Μετρικές πολυπλοκότητας λογισμικού	Ανάλυση Κάλυψης Κώδικα
Πεδίο	Τεχνολογία Λογισμικού	Τεχνολογία Λογισμικού
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1976	1988
Δημιουργός	Thomas J. McCabe	Test Coverage Community
Τύπος	quantitative measurement	measurement and analysis
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	McCabe, T. J. (1976). A complexity measure. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 2(4), 308–320.	Zhu, H., Hall, P. A. V., & May, J. H. R. (1997). Software unit test coverage and adequacy. ACM Computing Surveys, 29(4), 366–427.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	code complexity analysis, complexity measurement	coverage metrics, test coverage, instrumentation-based measurement
Συναφείς	4	4
Σύνοψη	Software complexity metrics quantify the structural and operational difficulty of code through numerical measurements. Introduced by Thomas McCabe in 1976, cyclomatic complexity became the foundational approach. These metrics assess maintainability, testability, and defect risk, enabling teams to identify problematic code regions and guide refactoring efforts.	Code coverage analysis measures the extent to which source code is executed by a test suite, quantifying which lines, branches, or paths are exercised. Tools instrument code to track execution, reporting coverage percentages and identifying untested regions. Coverage analysis guides test creation, detects dead code, and validates test adequacy in quality assurance processes.