Grupo Alarcos · Conference paper · 2000
Defining Complexity Metrics for Object-Relational Databases
Coral Calero Muñoz, Mario Piattini Velthuis, Marcela Genero Bocco
New Object-Relational Databases Management Systems (ORDBMSs) are replacing existing relational ones. In spite of the high expressiveness, application systems built upon ORDBMS are more complex and difficult to maintain due to the mixing of both paradigms, the relational and the object-oriented. All these reasons made necessary to dispose on metrics for measuring the complexity of this kind of databases and controlling its correct design. However, not always it is easy to propose correct metrics. This paper describes the method used by the authors for proposing metrics and the process of feedback needed for obtaining them in a correct way.