Title :
A transformation system for maintenance-turning theory into practice
Author :
Bennett, Keith ; Bull, Tim ; Yang, Hongji
Author_Institution :
Durham Univ., UK
Abstract :
An outline of the principles and design features of the Maintainer´s Assistant is presented. The main results presented concern the method by which the previously developed theoretical approach has been interpreted to provide the means to address the reverse engineering of real-world programs of medium size, written in IBM 370 Assembler. In particular, the use of appropriate metrices to guide the user during the process of program transformation is described. Results are given to show the success of the tool when it has been applied to real code
Keywords :
software maintenance; software metrics; software tools; IBM 370 Assembler; Maintainer Assistant; metrices; program transformation; real code; real-world programs; reverse engineering; theoretical approach; Assembly; Computer errors; Design automation; Error correction; Programming profession; Reverse engineering; Software maintenance; Software performance; Software tools; Turning;
Conference_Titel :
Software Maintenance, 1992. Proceerdings., Conference on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2980-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICSM.1992.242548
