DocumentCode
296875
Title
On the role of program understanding in re-engineering tasks
Author
Von Mayrhauser, Anneliese ; Vaus, A.M.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Volume
2
fYear
1996
fDate
3-10 Feb 1996
Firstpage
253
Abstract
This paper reports on a software understanding experiment during re-engineering of large-scale software. Participants were professional software maintenance engineers. The paper explains the general understanding process, the information needs of these software engineers during their tasks, and the tool capabilities that would help them to be more productive
Keywords
reverse engineering; software maintenance; systems re-engineering; comprehension model; information needs; professional software maintenance engineers; program understanding; re-engineering tasks; tool capabilities; Application software; Computer science; Filters; Large scale integration; Large-scale systems; Object oriented modeling; Programming profession; Software maintenance; Software performance; Software tools;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Aerospace Applications Conference, 1996. Proceedings., 1996 IEEE
Conference_Location
Aspen, CO
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3196-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/AERO.1996.495930
Filename
495930
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