Our invention relates to instantiation of Software applica tions running on a computer. More
particularly, our invention relates to instantiation of these applications, especially multi tiered …

During its life, a legacy system is subjected to many maintenance activities, which cause
degradation of the quality of the system: When this degradation exceeds a critical threshold …

Organizations deploy a plethora of information technology (IT) systems. Various types of
enterprise systems (ES) may coexist with the shadow IT systems (SITS) implemented by …

Using a case study in the temporary services industry, this paper illustrates the common
concerns of large multinational corporations with their legacy information systems. The …

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copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by …

This work focuses on architectural recovery for program understanding and reuse
reengineering of legacy object-oriented systems. The proposed method is based on …

Many organisations use a diversity of information systems such as custom applications, e-
business solutions and enterprise resource planning (ERP) to support their organisational …

Web applications have become major driving forces for world business. Effective and
efficient testing of evolving Web applications is essential for providing reliable services. In …

In this paper a number of reuse approaches for circuit design are analysed. Based on this
analysis, an algebraic core model for discussion of a general reuse strategy is proposed …

We propose a novel technique for recovering certain elements of the UML model of a
software system. These include relationships between use cases as well as class roles in …