Title :
Towards a framework for program understanding
Author :
Tilley, Scott R. ; Paul, Santanu ; Smith, Dennis B.
Author_Institution :
Software Eng. Inst., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
The paper describes an initial conceptual framework for the classification of reverse engineering tools and techniques that aid program understanding. It is based on a description of the canonical activities that are characteristic of the reverse engineering process. A descriptive model is presented that categorizes important support mechanism features based on a hierarchy of attributes
Keywords :
cognitive systems; computer aided software engineering; reverse engineering; attribute hierarchy; canonical activities; descriptive model; program understanding framework; reverse engineering tools; support mechanism features; Cognition; Programming profession; Relational databases; Reverse engineering; Software engineering; Software maintenance;
Conference_Titel :
Program Comprehension, 1996, Proceedings., Fourth Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Berlin
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7283-8
DOI :
10.1109/WPC.1996.501117
