First statistical analysis of Geant4 quality software metrics

21st International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics

物理学;计算机科学

Ronchieri, Elisabetta^1 ; Pia, Maria Grazia^2 ; Giacomini, Francesco^1

INFN CNAF, Bologna

40126, Italy^1

INFN, Sezione di Genova, Genova

16146, Italy^2

关键词: High energy physics software;    Nuclear experiments;    Objective assessment;    Particle transport;    Quality software;    Simulation systems;    Software Quality;    Statistical evaluation;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/664/6/062053/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/664/6/062053

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Geant4 is a simulation system of particle transport through matter, widely used in several experimental areas from high energy physics and nuclear experiments to medical studies. Some of its applications may involve critical use cases; therefore they would benefit from an objective assessment of the software quality of Geant4. In this paper, we provide a first statistical evaluation of software metrics data related to a set of Geant4 physics packages. The analysis aims at identifying risks for Geant4 maintainability, which would benefit from being addressed at an early stage. The findings of this pilot study set the grounds for further extensions of the analysis to the whole of Geant4 and to other high energy physics software systems.