Title :
RIPPLES: tool for change in legacy software
Author :
Chen, Kunrong ; Rajich, V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI, USA
Abstract :
Key parts of software change are concept location and change propagation. We introduce a tool called RIPPLES that supports both. It uses the Abstract System Dependence Graph (ASDG) of the program, enriched by conceptual dependencies. A case study of NCSA Mosaic demonstrates the use of the tool. Precision and recall are used to evaluate the quality of support provided by RIPPLES
Keywords :
graph theory; management of change; software maintenance; software tools; ASDG; Abstract System Dependence Graph; NCSA Mosaic; RIPPLES tool; concept location; conceptual dependencies; legacy software change; software change propagation; Computer architecture; Computer science; Data mining; Documentation; Humans; Machine intelligence; Programming profession; Software maintenance; Software tools; Variable speed drives;
Conference_Titel :
Software Maintenance, 2001. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Florence
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1189-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICSM.2001.972736
