Title :
Visual Exploration of Combined Architectural and Metric Information
Author :
Termeer, Maurice ; Lange, Christian F J ; Telea, Alexandru ; Chaudron, Michel R V
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Tech. Univ. Eindhoven
Abstract :
We present MetricView, a software visualization and exploration tool that combines traditional UML diagram visualization with metric visualization in an effective way. MetricView is very easy and natural to use for software architects and developers yet offers a powerful set of mechanisms that allow fine customization of the visualizations for getting specific insights. We discuss several visual and architectural design choices which turned out to be important in the construction of MetricView, and illustrate our approach with several results using real-life datasets
Keywords :
Unified Modeling Language; program visualisation; software architecture; MetricView; UML diagram visualization; architectural design; architectural information; exploration tool; metric information; metric visualization; software visualization; visual design; visual exploration; Computer architecture; Computer science; Data visualization; Guidelines; Instruments; Software design; Software metrics; Software systems; Software tools; Unified modeling language;
Conference_Titel :
Visualizing Software for Understanding and Analysis, 2005. VISSOFT 2005. 3rd IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Budapest
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9540-9
DOI :
10.1109/VISSOF.2005.1684298
