DocumentCode
3170031
Title
Graph-Centric Tools for Understanding the Evolution and Relationships of Software Structures
Author
Yijun Yu ; Wermelinger, Michel
Author_Institution
Comput. Dept. & Centre for Res. in Comput., Open Univ., Milton Keynes
fYear
2008
fDate
15-18 Oct. 2008
Firstpage
329
Lastpage
330
Abstract
We present a suite of small tools, implemented as a pipeline of text file manipulating scripts, that, on one hand, measure the evolution of any software structure that can be represented as a directed graph of software elements and relations and, on the other hand, visualise any three attributes of any set of software artefacts that can be related to the elements shown in the graph. We illustrate the applicability of the tool with our work on the evolution of the Eclipse architecture and the relation between bugs and components.
Keywords
directed graphs; software engineering; directed graph; graph-centric tool; software structure evolution; text file manipulating script; Computer architecture; Computer bugs; Data mining; Data visualization; Pipelines; Reverse engineering; Runtime; Software measurement; Software systems; Software tools; architecture; evolution; graph;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Reverse Engineering, 2008. WCRE '08. 15th Working Conference on
Conference_Location
Antwerp
ISSN
1095-1350
Print_ISBN
978-0-7695-3429-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/WCRE.2008.13
Filename
4656428
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