DocumentCode
1703421
Title
An interactive visualization for message sequence charts
Author
Eick, Stephen G. ; Ward, Aaron
Author_Institution
AT&T Bell Labs., USA
fYear
1996
Firstpage
2
Lastpage
8
Abstract
Message sequence charts (MSCs) are one widespread method for understanding interactions between components within complex systems. Although the language for MSCs is standardized, techniques for displaying them are far from standard and the current test and typographic based methods do not scale to industrial sized MSCs. We have developed some novel displays of MSCs that use color, interaction, and linked views to display large MSCs and verified their effectiveness with a user study
Keywords
data visualisation; interactive systems; message passing; reverse engineering; visual programming; interactive visualization; large MSCs; linked views; message sequence charts; program understanding; typographic based methods; user study; Buildings; Circuits; Communication industry; Displays; Magnetic heads; Real time systems; Software engineering; Software systems; Tail; Visualization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Program Comprehension, 1996, Proceedings., Fourth Workshop on
Conference_Location
Berlin
ISSN
1092-8138
Print_ISBN
0-8186-7283-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/WPC.1996.501115
Filename
501115
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