Title :
GASE: visualizing software evolution-in-the-large
Author :
Holt, Ric ; Pak, Jason Y.
Author_Institution :
Comput. Syst. Res. Inst., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
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;
Conference_Titel :
Reverse Engineering, 1996., Proceedings of the Third Working Conference on
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7674-4
DOI :
10.1109/WCRE.1996.558900
