cyclomatic

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/ˌsaɪkləˈmætɪk/

adjective

Used to describe the number of edges that must be removed from a graph to ensure that no graph cycle remains; equal to the number of edges, minus the number of nodes plus one.

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Meanings

adjectivecyclomatic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegraph theoryUsed to describe the number of edges that must be removed from a graph to ensure that no graph cycle remains; equal to the number of edges, minus the number of nodes plus one.
  2. not comparablenetwork analysisUsed to describe the number of circuits in a network; equal to the number of edges, minus the number of nodes plus the number of graphs.
  3. not comparablecomputingOf or relating to a software metric that measures the complexity of a program based on the number of linearly independent paths through the source code.

    This finding reveals that the drawing of a CFG for a given program or component is not necessary in the cyclomatic analysis.

    2007, Yingxu Wang, Software Engineering Foundations: A Software Science Perspective, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 820

Translations

French cyclomatique
  • cyclomatiqueIn graph theory
German zyklomatisch, zyklomatisch
  • zyklomatischIn graph theory
  • zyklomatischIn programming
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