Software Maintenance Complexity Correlation Analysis on LLM-integrated software components dataset
0.4Average Rank Correlation (ρ)n_mem_refs
Evaluation results
| Method | Links | |
|---|---|---|
| n_mem_refsLayer=Code, Measures=#memory-store refs, Strategy=B2026.07 | 0.4 | |
| n_llm_callsLayer=Code, Measures=#LLM call sites, Strategy=B2026.07 | 0.38 | |
| n_attrsLayer=Code, Measures=#class attributes, Strategy=A (NOA)2026.07 | 0.33 | |
| RFCLayer=Traditional, Measures=Reachable method set, Strategy=—2026.07 | 0.3 | |
| inject_surfLayer=CNInterface, Measures=#code→prompt slots, Strategy=B2026.07 | 0.27 | |
| P_dec_ratioLayer=NL, Measures=Cond. instr. fraction, Strategy=A (CC)2026.07 | 0.27 | |
| Halstead NLayer=Traditional, Measures=Token count, Strategy=—2026.07 | 0.25 | |
| Halstead VLayer=Traditional, Measures=Code volume, Strategy=—2026.07 | 0.24 | |
| n_promptsLayer=NL, Measures=#prompt templates, Strategy=C2026.07 | 0.23 | |
| P_evLayer=NL, Measures=Essential NL conds, Strategy=A (ev(g))2026.07 | 0.22 |