Reverse engineering: a roadmap
Teach reverse engineering, program understanding, and software analysis in computer
science, computer engineering, and software engineering curricula. Investigate …
science, computer engineering, and software engineering curricula. Investigate …
Cognitive design elements to support the construction of a mental model during software exploration
The scope of software visualization tools which exist for the navigation, analysis and
presentation of software information varies widely. One class of tools, which we refer to as …
presentation of software information varies widely. One class of tools, which we refer to as …
How do program understanding tools affect how programmers understand programs?
In this paper, we explore the question of whether program understanding tools enhance or
change the way that programmers understand programs. The strategies that programmers …
change the way that programmers understand programs. The strategies that programmers …
The class blueprint: visually supporting the understanding of glasses
Understanding source code is an important task in the maintenance of software systems.
Legacy systems are not only limited to procedural languages, but are also written in object …
Legacy systems are not only limited to procedural languages, but are also written in object …
Using SCL to specify and check design intent in source code
D Hou, HJ Hoover - IEEE Transactions on Software …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software developers often fail to respect the intentions of designers due to missing or
ignored documentation of design intent. SCL (Structural Constraint Language) addresses …
ignored documentation of design intent. SCL (Structural Constraint Language) addresses …
Efficient relational calculation for software analysis
D Beyer, A Noack, C Lewerentz - IEEE Transactions on …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Calculating with graphs and relations has many applications in the analysis of software
systems, for example, the detection of design patterns or patterns of problematic design and …
systems, for example, the detection of design patterns or patterns of problematic design and …
Relational programming with CrocoPat
D Beyer - Proceedings of the 28th international conference on …, 2006 - dl.acm.org
Many structural analyses of software systems are naturally formalized as relational queries,
for example, the detection of design patterns, patterns of problematic design, code clones …
for example, the detection of design patterns, patterns of problematic design, code clones …
Querying as an enabling technology in software reengineering
B Kullbach, A Winter - … of the Third European Conference on …, 1999 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is argued that different kinds of reengineering technologies can be based on querying.
Several reengineering technologies are presented as being integrated into a technically …
Several reengineering technologies are presented as being integrated into a technically …
High-level polymetric views of condensed run-time information
Understanding the run-time behavior of object-oriented legacy systems is a complex task
due to factors such as late binding and polymorphism. Current approaches extract and use …
due to factors such as late binding and polymorphism. Current approaches extract and use …
[PDF][PDF] Simple and efficient relational querying of software structures
D Beyer, A Noack, C Lewerentz - 10th Working Conference on …, 2003 - researchgate.net
Many analyses of software systems can be formalized as relational queries, for example the
detection of design patterns, of patterns of problematic design, of code clones, of dead code …
detection of design patterns, of patterns of problematic design, of code clones, of dead code …