DocumentCode
2369329
Title
GASE: visualizing software evolution-in-the-large
Author
Holt, Ric ; Pak, Jason Y.
Author_Institution
Comput. Syst. Res. Inst., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
fYear
196
fDate
8-10 Nov 196
Firstpage
163
Lastpage
167
Abstract
Large and long lived software systems, sometimes called legacy systems, must evolve if they are to remain useful. Too often, it is difficult to control or to understand this evolution. The paper presents an approach to visualizing software structural change. A visualization tool, called GASE (Graphical Analyzer for Software Evolution), has been used to elucidate the architectural changes in a sequence of eleven revisions of an eighty thousand line industrial software system
Keywords
data visualisation; reverse engineering; software tools; GASE visualization tool; Graphical Analyzer for Software Evolution; architectural changes; industrial software system; large software systems; legacy systems; long lived software systems; software evolution-in-the-large visualization; software structural change visualization; Computer architecture; Computer industry; Electrical equipment industry; Gas industry; Gases; Large-scale systems; Software architecture; Software systems; Software tools; Visualization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Reverse Engineering, 1996., Proceedings of the Third Working Conference on
Conference_Location
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN
0-8186-7674-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/WCRE.1996.558900
Filename
558900
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