A blackboard architecture for intelligent assistance in software maintenance

Author

Avellis, Giovanna ; Borzacchini, L. ; Cavallo, A. ; Cotugno, P. ; Mastro, G. De

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK

fYear

1993

fDate

19-23 Jul 1993

Firstpage

180

Lastpage

189

Abstract

System design recovery and impact analysis are critical phases in the process of software maintenance. It is argued that the interdependence of abstraction recovery tools and application domains plays a key role in providing intelligent assistance in software maintenance, and the use of a blackboard model to address the issue of knowledge sources integration is advocated. A software maintenance expert sytem (SMES) based on a blackboard architecture has been developed to evaluate the approach. Explicit links between specification, design and implementation objects have been represented in the blackboard working memory, as well as the design decisions in the abstraction recovery process. These links are then used in the software evolution process to support impact analysis

Keywords

blackboard architecture; computer aided software engineering; expert systems; software maintenance; system recovery; abstraction recovery tools; application domains; blackboard architecture; blackboard working memory; design decisions; design objects; impact analysis; implementation objects; intelligent assistance; knowledge sources integration; software evolution process; software maintenance expert sytem; specification objects; system design recovery; Application software; Cognitive science; Computer architecture; Educational institutions; Mathematics; Programming profession; Software engineering; Software maintenance; Software systems; System analysis and design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Aided Software Engineering, 1993. CASE '93., Proceeding of the Sixth International Workshop on

ISSN

1066-1387

Print_ISBN

0-8186-3480-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CASE.1993.634819

Filename

634819