Title :
The concept assignment problem in program understanding
Author :
Biggerstaff, Ted J. ; Mitbander, Bharat G. ; Webster, Dallas
Author_Institution :
Microsoft Res., Redmond, WA, USA
Abstract :
The problem of discovering individual human oriented concepts and assigning them to their implementation-oriented counterparts for a given program is the concept assignment problem. It is argued that the solution to this problem requires methods that have a strong plausible reasoning component. These ideas are illustrated through recovery system called DESIRE. DESIRE is evaluated based on its use on real-world problems over the years
Keywords :
program diagnostics; software engineering; systems analysis; DESIRE; concept assignment problem; human oriented concepts; implementation-oriented counterparts; plausible reasoning; program understanding; recovery system; Assembly; Automatic control; Communication system control; Context; Humans; Maintenance engineering; Microelectronics; Pattern recognition; Reverse engineering; Vocabulary;
Conference_Titel :
Reverse Engineering, 1993., Proceedings of Working Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3780-3
DOI :
10.1109/WCRE.1993.287781
