On the public citation graph

Cognitive complexity

https://doi.org/10.1145/3194164.3194186
0 signed · 94 inferred · view as graph

Inferred edges come from two machine sources: sweeps of open repository metadata (mostly SSRN and Zenodo), and a bulk OpenAlex citation snapshot. Every row below is labelled with the one it came from. Neither is a complete citation index — absence here is not evidence of absence.

Is this your work? Sign in with ORCID and put your name on the claims that are yours.
Claim with ORCID
Reference health. See whether every reference in this work resolves to a known work and none has been retracted — and get a dated CiteStamped badge you can embed.
See reference health

What this work says

Outgoing claims: the papers this work cites, builds on, or argues with.

inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.1976.233837openalex-snapshot
A Complexity Measure

What points at this work

Incoming claims: where this work appears in other papers’ reference lists and arguments.

inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4553042openalex-extracted
Enhancing Smart Contract Security: Assessing Vulnerability with Code Complexity Metrics
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4591953openalex-extracted
Enhancing Smart Contract Security: Assessing Vulnerability with Code Complexity Metrics
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04115-0_4openalex-snapshot
A Preliminary Study on Using Text- and Image-Based Machine Learning to Predict Software Maintainability
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27481-7_31openalex-snapshot
A Runtime Environment for Contract Automata
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-19050-5_12openalex-snapshot
An Exploratory Study of the Code Quality of Open-Source JavaScript Projects
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10515-026-00632-xopenalex-snapshot
CodeCritic: towards effective code quality evaluation with large language models
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-023-10396-7openalex-snapshot
An empirical study on software understandability and its dependence on code characteristics
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-025-10651-zopenalex-snapshot
Predicting the understandability of computational notebooks through code metrics analysis
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-026-10912-5openalex-snapshot
The transformative potential of AI in software engineering: a case study on LeetCode and ChatGPT
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11219-024-09674-4openalex-snapshot
Enhancing human-machine pair inspection with risk number and code inspection diagram
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2026.06.018openalex-snapshot
An empirical assessment of ALF-centric model-based flight software development: the Alsat-1B case study
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2022.111561openalex-snapshot
An empirical evaluation of the “Cognitive Complexity” measure as a predictor of code understandability
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2023.111876openalex-snapshot
Visualization of object-oriented software in a city metaphor: Comprehending the implemented variability and its technical debt
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1080/08993408.2023.2169067openalex-snapshot
Unraveling novices’ code composition difficulties
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/access.2021.3066348openalex-snapshot
Classifying Model-View-Controller Software Applications Using Self-Organizing Maps
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/access.2022.3144743openalex-snapshot
Automatizing Software Cognitive Complexity Reduction
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/asew52652.2021.00034openalex-snapshot
Readability and Understandability of Snippets Recommended by General-purpose Web Search Engines: A Comparative Study
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/chase66643.2025.00033openalex-snapshot
How do Developers Use Code Suggestions in Pull Request Reviews?
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/clei52000.2020.00023openalex-snapshot
A Suite of Metrics for Evaluating Client-Side web Applications: An Empirical Validation
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/edunine62377.2025.10981362openalex-snapshot
Pattern recognition in programming to support the evaluation of Computational Thinking
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/esem56168.2023.10304867openalex-snapshot
Replicability Study: Corpora For Understanding Simulink Models & Projects
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/etfa54631.2023.10275434openalex-snapshot
Complexity of Structured Text in IEC 61499 Function Blocks: A Survey.
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/fllm67465.2025.11391174openalex-snapshot
Balancing Cost and Quality in LLM-based Test Case Generation by Prompt Engineering
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/formalise58978.2023.00016openalex-snapshot
Formalizing Path Explosion for Recursive Functions via Asymptotic Path Complexity
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/i2ct54291.2022.9824082openalex-snapshot
Application of the Refactoring to the Understandability and the Cognitive Complexity of a Software
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/i2ct54291.2022.9824923openalex-snapshot
Cognitive Complexity Reduction through Control Flow Graph Generation
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/icalt55010.2022.00050openalex-snapshot
A method for assessing computational thinking in students using source code analysis
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/iccq51190.2021.9392959openalex-snapshot
Exploring the Effect of NULL Usage in Source Code
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/icecct52121.2021.9616781openalex-snapshot
Software Complexity Reduction through the Process Automation in Software Development Life Cycle
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/icnlp69856.2026.11527897openalex-snapshot
CodeQual: Learning Code Quality Assessment from Synthetic LLM Annotations
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/icpc58990.2023.00040openalex-snapshot
Too Simple? Notions of Task Complexity used in Maintenance-based Studies of Programming Tools
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/icpc58990.2023.00041openalex-snapshot
Path Complexity Correlates with Source Code Comprehension Effort Indicators
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/icse43902.2021.00055openalex-snapshot
The Mind Is a Powerful Place: How Showing Code Comprehensibility Metrics Influences Code Understanding
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/icse48619.2023.00181openalex-snapshot
On the Robustness of Code Generation Techniques: An Empirical Study on GitHub Copilot
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/icsme58846.2023.00022openalex-snapshot
How do Developers Improve Code Readability? An Empirical Study of Pull Requests
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/icst62969.2025.10989020openalex-snapshot
Improving the Readability of Automatically Generated Tests Using Large Language Models
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/msr66628.2025.00085openalex-snapshot
The Ecosystem of Open-Source Music Production Software – A Mining Study on the Development Practices of VST Plugins on GitHub
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/qrs-c55045.2021.00054openalex-snapshot
Applying Cognitive Complexity to Checklist-Based Human-Machine Pair Inspection
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/re68928.2026.00060openalex-snapshot
Evaluating the Impact of Upfront Identification of D Requirements on Computer-Based System Quality and Development Time in Agile Context
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/saner60148.2024.00011openalex-snapshot
Immersive Software Archaeology: Exploring Software Architecture and Design in Virtual Reality
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1109/vissoft55257.2022.00020openalex-snapshot
Utilizing Software Architecture Recovery to Explore Large-Scale Software Systems in Virtual Reality
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3345629.3345630openalex-snapshot
The Technical Debt Dataset
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3364641.3364650openalex-snapshot
Linus's Law
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3382494.3410636openalex-snapshot
An Empirical Validation of Cognitive Complexity as a Measure of Source Code Understandability
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3463274.3463315openalex-snapshot
Human-level Ordinal Maintainability Prediction Based on Static Code Metrics
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3522664.3528601openalex-snapshot
An empirical evaluation of flow based programming in the machine learning deployment context
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3524610.3527904openalex-snapshot
Anchoring code understandability evaluations through task descriptions
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3524842.3528454openalex-snapshot
To type or not to type?
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3524842.3528470openalex-snapshot
An empirical evaluation of GitHub copilot's code suggestions
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3530019.3534081openalex-snapshot
Building an Operable Graph Representation of a Java Program as a Basis for Automatic Software Maintainability Analysis
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3532512.3535222openalex-snapshot
A Live Environment to Improve the Refactoring Experience
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3532512.3535223openalex-snapshot
Toward Understanding Task Complexity in Maintenance-Based Studies of Programming Tools
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3544902.3546233openalex-snapshot
Do Static Analysis Tools Affect Software Quality when Using Test-driven Development?
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3546932.3547073openalex-snapshot
Customizable visualization of quality metrics for object-oriented variability implementations
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3550355.3552417openalex-snapshot
A declarative modelling framework for the deployment and management of blockchain applications
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3611643.3616242openalex-snapshot
On the Relationship between Code Verifiability and Understandability
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3613372.3613413openalex-snapshot
Assessing the Readability of ChatGPT Code Snippet Recommendations: A Comparative Study
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3643916.3644427openalex-snapshot
Collaborative Software Exploration with Multimedia Note Taking in Virtual Reality
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3643916.3644438openalex-snapshot
Immersive Software Archaeology: Collaborative Exploration and Note Taking in Virtual Reality
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3650212.3652118openalex-snapshot
Interprocedural Path Complexity Analysis
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3661167.3661188openalex-snapshot
A Folklore Confirmation on the Removal of Dead Code
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3701625.3701650openalex-snapshot
Evaluating Source Code Quality with Large Language Models: a comparative study
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3715730openalex-snapshot
Towards Diverse Program Transformations for Program Simplification
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3755881.3755925openalex-snapshot
AdaptiveLLM: A Framework for Selecting Optimal Cost-Efficient LLM for Code-Generation Based on CoT Length
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3756681.3757053openalex-snapshot
NRevisit: A Cognitive Behavioral Metric for Code Understandability Assessment
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3765964.3811665openalex-snapshot
How (and How Not) Do Code Complexity Measures Predict Cognitive Load?
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3786181.3788723openalex-snapshot
An Empirical Study of C to Rust Translation using Local Large-Language Models
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3786583.3786908openalex-snapshot
Correctness isn’t Efficiency: Runtime Memory Divergence in LLM-Generated Code
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3794763.3794827openalex-snapshot
To GOTO or Not to GOTO: Measuring Structural Complexity of (Decompiled) Code
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3830438.3830958openalex-snapshot
Functional State Machines in Rust: Typestate and Newtype Patterns (Experience Report)
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1145/3843779.3844637openalex-snapshot
Prompts Matter: On the Impact of Code Smell Remediation with Large Language Models
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299108openalex-snapshot
EEG as a potential ground truth for the assessment of cognitive state in software development activities: A multimodal imaging study
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.14778/3725688.3725721openalex-snapshot
Tabular: Efficiently Building Efficient Indexes
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.20868/upm.thesis.57955openalex-snapshot
Programadores con dislexia: programación visual frente a la programación textual
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.2478/acss-2026-0009openalex-snapshot
An Empirical Study of Automated Machine Learning Python Libraries Using Source Code Analysis
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.3390/app14072812openalex-snapshot
Survivability Prediction of Open Source Software with Polynomial Regression
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.3390/app16157400openalex-snapshot
Towards a Code-Based Assessment of Computational Thinking Skills
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.3390/computers13030075openalex-snapshot
A Rule-Based Algorithm and Its Specializations for Measuring the Complexity of Software in Educational Digital Environments
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.3390/data8060109openalex-snapshot
Dataset of Program Source Codes Solving Unique Programming Exercises Generated by Digital Teaching Assistant
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.3390/fi15090314openalex-snapshot
Analysis of Program Representations Based on Abstract Syntax Trees and Higher-Order Markov Chains for Source Code Classification Task
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.3390/s22155849openalex-snapshot
MaD GUI: An Open-Source Python Package for Annotation and Analysis of Time-Series Data
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.3390/sym14091824openalex-snapshot
Development of a Quality-Based Model for Software Architecture Optimization: A Case Study of Monolith and Microservice Architectures
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.3390/sym18091559openalex-snapshot
Computational Performance of Programming Languages in Mathematical Biology: A Ten-Language Evaluation Across Six Modeling Regimes
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7455-2.ch003openalex-snapshot
White-Box Testing Automation With SonarQube
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2108.04105openalex-snapshot
Towards better data discovery and collection with flow-based programming
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2108.09181openalex-snapshot
Readability and Understandability Scores for Snippet Assessment: an Exploratory Study
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2110.14301openalex-snapshot
From Complexity Measurement to Holistic Quality Evaluation for Automotive Software Development
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.5120/ijca2020920942openalex-snapshot
Software Development Automation: An Approach to Automate the Processes of SDLC
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.5614/itbj.ict.res.appl.2022.16.3.6openalex-snapshot
Cognitive Complexity Applied to Software Development: An Automated Procedure to Reduce the Comprehension Effort
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.56902/etdcrp.2026.69openalex-snapshot
Evaluation and Distillation of Source Code Generation Tasks by Large Language Models
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.70675/ba8f0557z5c02z4090zbd9fz569c7a61a9beopenalex-snapshot
Modèle de maintenabilité logicielle par analyse statique du graphe de code du programme
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.2650openalex-snapshot
A laboratory experiment on using different financial-incentivization schemes in software-engineering experimentation
inferred← citeshttps://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.3981openalex-snapshot
Profiling programmer proficiency using static analysis
Editorial review for independent work. ICSAC — the Institute for Complexity Science and Advanced Computing — runs a structured editorial panel for researchers publishing outside journals, and publishes on CiteStamp rails. Submission is free and goes through ORCID: icsacinstitute.org/submit.