Computer Science: An Overview (13th Edition) (What's New in Computer Science)

13th Edition

ISBN: 9780134875460

Author: Glenn Brookshear, Dennis Brylow

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 7, Problem 4CRP

Would you expect that a metric for measuring the complexity of a software system would be cumulative in the sense that the complexity of a complete system would be the sum of the complexities of its parts? Explain your answer.

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Computer Science: An Overview (13th Edition) (What's New in Computer Science)

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