Hypothesis-based concept assignment in software maintenance

IEE Proceedings: Software

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 103-111

  Gold, N ^a   Bennett, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COBOL (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; SYNTACTICS;

BUSINESS RULE RIPPLE ANALYSIS; COBOL II (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CODE RIPPLE ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS BASED CONCEPT ASSIGNMENT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 0036697705     PISSN: 14625970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-sen:20020549     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. LIENTZ, B.P., and SWANSOn, E.B.: 'Software maintenance management' (Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading, MA, 1980)
2. VON MAYRHAUSER, A., and VANS, A.M.: 'Program comprehension during software maintenance and evolution', IEEE Computer, 1995, 28, (8), pp. 44-55
3. VON MAYRHAUSER, A., VANS, A.M.: 'Comprehension processes during large scale maintenance'. Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on Software Engineering, Sorrento, Italy, 16-21 May 1994, pp. 39-48
4. SOLOWAY E., and EHRLICH, K.: 'Empirical studies of programming knowledge', IEEE Trans. Softw. Eng., 1984, 10, (5), pp. 595-609
5. SOLOWAY E., ADELSON, B., and EHRLICH, K.: 'Knowledge and processes in the comprehension of computer programs' in CHI, M.T.H., GLASER, R., and FARR, M.J. (Eds.): 'The nature of expertise' (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1988), pp. 129-152
6. BROOKS, R.: 'Towards a theory of the comprehension of computer programs', Int. J. Man-Mach. Stud., 1983, 18, pp. 543-554
7. PENNINGTON, N.: 'Stimulus structures and mental representations in expert comprehension of computer programs', Cogn. Psychol., 1987, 19, (2), pp. 295-341
8. VON MAYRHAUSER, A., and VANS, A.M.: 'Program understanding during software adaptation tasks', Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Maintenance, Bethesda, Maryland, 16-19 November 1998, (IEEE Computer Society Press 1998), pp. 316-325
9. VON MAYRHAUSER, A., VANS, A.M., and HOWE, A.E.: 'Program understanding behaviour during enhancement of large-scale software', Softw. Maint.: Res. and Pract., 1997, 9, (5), pp. 299-327
10. LITTMAN, D.C., PINTO, J., LETOVSKY, S., and SOLOWAY, E.: 'Mental models and software maintenance, in SOLOWAY, E., and IYENGAR, S. (Eds.) Empirical studies of programmers: First Workshop, 5-6 June 1986, Washington, DC' (Ablex Publishing Corporation, Norwood, New Jersey, 1987)
11. STANDISH, T.A.: 'An essay on software reuse', IEEE Trans. Softw. Eng., 1984, 10 (5), pp. 494-497
12. BANKER, R.D., DATAR, S.M., KEMERER, C.F., and ZWEIG, D.: 'Software complexity and maintenance costs', Commun. ACM, 1993, 36, (11), pp. 81-94
13. TILLEY, S., and SMITH, D.B.: 'Perspectives on legacy system reengineering'. http://www.sei.cmu.edu./reengineering/pubs/lsysree/lsysree.html
14. RAMANUJAN, S.: 'An experimental investigation of the impact of individual, program and organisational characteristics on software maintenance effort'. Proceedings of the Second Americas Conference on Information Systems, Phoenix, Arizona, 16-18 August 1996
15. GOLD, N.E.: 'Hypothesis-based concept assignment to support software maintenance. Ph.D. Thesis Department of Computer Science University of Durham November 2000
16. IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY: 'IEEE Standard for Software Maintenance (IEEE Std 1219-1998)' Institute of Electrical Engineers 1998
17. SELFRIDGE, P.G., WATERS, R.C., and CHIKOFSKY, E.J.: 'Challenges to the field of reverse engineering'. Proceedings of the Working Conference on Reverse Engineering, WCRE'93, Baltimore, Maryland, 21-23 May 1993, pp. 144-150
18. TILLEY, S.R., and SMITH, D.B.: 'Coming attractions in program understanding'. Technical Report CMU/SEI-96-TR-019, ESC-TR-96-019, Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 December 1996
19. NING, J.Q., ENGBERTS, A., and KOZACZYNSKI, W.: 'Automated support for legacy code understanding', Commun. ACM, 1994, 37 (5), pp. 50-57
20. GALLAGHER, K.B., and LYLE, J.R.: 'Using program slicing in software maintenance', IEEE Trans. Softw. Eng., 1991, 17, (8), pp. 751-761
21. BIGGERSTAFF, T.J., MITBANDER, B.G., and WEBSTER, D.E.: 'The concept assignment problem in program understanding'. Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE'93, Baltimore, Maryland 17-21 May 1993, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1993), pp. 482-498
22. BIGGERSTAFF, T.J., MITBANDER, B.G., and WEBSTER, D.E.: 'Program understanding and the concept assignment problem', Commun. ACM, 1994, 37, (5), pp. 72-82
23. KARAKOSTAS, V.: 'Intelligent search and acquisition of business knowledge from programs', Softw. Maint.: Res. Pract., 1992, 4 pp. 1-17
24. GOLD, N. E., and BENNETT, K. H.: 'A flexible method for segmentation during concept assignment'. IEEE International Workshop on Program Comprehension, IWPC'01, Toronto, Canada, 12-13 May 2001, (IEEE Computer Society Press, 2001)
25. KOHONEN, T.: 'Self-organizing maps' (Springer, Berlin, 1997, 2nd. edn.)
26. KOHONEN, T., HYNNINEN, J., KANGANS, J., and LAAKSONEN, J.: 'SOM_PAK: The Self-Organizing Map Program Package'. Technical Report A31, Laboratory of Computer & Information Science, Helsinki University of Technology, 1996