cyclomatic

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  • IPA(key): /ˌsaɪkləˈmætɪk/

Adjective

cyclomatic (not comparable)

  1. (graph theory) 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.
  2. (network analysis) Used 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. (software engineering) Of 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.
    • 2007, Yingxu Wang, Software Engineering Foundations: A Software Science Perspective, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 820:
      This finding reveals that the drawing of a CFG for a given program or component is not necessary in the cyclomatic analysis.

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