Title :
An interactive visualization for message sequence charts
Author :
Eick, Stephen G. ; Ward, Aaron
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., USA
Abstract :
Message sequence charts (MSCs) are one widespread method for understanding interactions between components within complex systems. Although the language for MSCs is standardized, techniques for displaying them are far from standard and the current test and typographic based methods do not scale to industrial sized MSCs. We have developed some novel displays of MSCs that use color, interaction, and linked views to display large MSCs and verified their effectiveness with a user study
Keywords :
data visualisation; interactive systems; message passing; reverse engineering; visual programming; interactive visualization; large MSCs; linked views; message sequence charts; program understanding; typographic based methods; user study; Buildings; Circuits; Communication industry; Displays; Magnetic heads; Real time systems; Software engineering; Software systems; Tail; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Program Comprehension, 1996, Proceedings., Fourth Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Berlin
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7283-8
DOI :
10.1109/WPC.1996.501115
