The AdaPIC tool set: supporting interface control and analysis throughout the software development process

Author

Wolf, Alexander L. ; Clarke, Lori A. ; Wileden, Jack C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA, USA

Volume

15

Issue

3

fYear

1989

fDate

3/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

250

Lastpage

263

Abstract

The AdaPIC tool set, an important component of an Ada software development environment, is discussed. The AdaPIC tool set is one particular instantiation, specifically adapted for use with Ada, of the more general collection of language features and analysis capabilities that constitute the PIC approach to describing and analyzing relationships among software system components. This tool set is being tailored to support an incremental approach to the interface control aspects of the software development process. Following a discussion of the PIC interface control and incremental development concepts, the AdaPIC tool set is described, concentrating on its analysis tools and support for incremental development and demonstrating how it contributes to the technology for developing large Ada software systems

Keywords

Ada; programming environments; software tools; AdaPIC tool set; analysis tools; interface control; language features; software development; software development environment; software system components; Control system analysis; Control systems; Information science; Laboratories; Marine vehicles; Programming profession; Software maintenance; Software performance; Software systems; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-5589

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/32.21753

Filename

21753