A tool chain for reverse engineering C++ applications

Science of Computer Programming

Volumn 69, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 3-13

  Kraft, Nicholas A ^a   Malloy, Brian A ^a   Power, James F ^b  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Graph based tools; GXL; Pipe filter architecture; Reverse engineering; Software metrics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; GAME THEORY; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PROBLEM SOLVING;

GRAPH-BASED TOOLS; PIPE-FILTER ARCHITECTURE; SOFTWARE METRICS;

REVERSE ENGINEERING;

EID: 36048939334     PISSN: 01676423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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