DocumentCode
1704010
Title
Extracting business rules from source code
Author
Sneed, Harry M. ; Erdos, Katalin
Author_Institution
SES Software-Eng. Service GmbH, Munich, Germany
fYear
1996
Firstpage
240
Lastpage
247
Abstract
The paper reviews the state of the art on application knowledge acquisition from existing software systems and defines the role of business rules. It then goes on to present a method for identifying and extracting business rules by means of data output identification and program stripping. This method has been implemented in a reverse engineering tool SOFT-REDOC for COBOL programs. The results are intended to aid the business analyst in comprehending legacy programs
Keywords
business data processing; knowledge acquisition; reverse engineering; software tools; COBOL programs; application knowledge acquisition; business analyst; business rule extraction; business rules; data output identification; legacy programs; program stripping; reverse engineering tool SOFT-REDOC; software systems; source code; Application software; Business; Data mining; Data structures; Documentation; Knowledge acquisition; Programming profession; Reverse engineering; Software maintenance; Software systems;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Program Comprehension, 1996, Proceedings., Fourth Workshop on
Conference_Location
Berlin
ISSN
1092-8138
Print_ISBN
0-8186-7283-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/WPC.1996.501138
Filename
501138
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