Tracking objects to detect feature dependencies

IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 59-68

  Lienhard, Adrian ^a   Greevy, Orla ^a   Nierstrasz, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dynamic analysis; Feature analysis; Object aliasing; Reverse engineering; Visualization

Indexed keywords

CODE MODIFICATIONS; FEATURE ANALYSIS; OBJECT ALIASING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; REVERSE ENGINEERING;

OBJECT RECOGNITION;

EID: 34948859541     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPC.2007.38     Document Type: Conference Paper

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