Execution trace analysis through massive sequence and circular bundle views

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2252-2268

  Cornelissen, Bas ^a   Zaidman, Andy ^a   Holten, Danny ^b   Moonen, Leon ^a   van Deursen, Arie ^a,c   van Wijk, Jarke J ^b  

^a Faculty of Electrical Engineering Mathematics and Computer Science ^*  (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c CWI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic analysis; Execution traces; Program comprehension; Visualization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; SCALABILITY; VISUALIZATION;

DOMAIN KNOWLEDGES; DYNAMIC DATUM; DYNAMIC INFORMATIONS; EXECUTION TRACES; FEATURE LOCATIONS; PROGRAM COMPREHENSION; PROGRAM COMPREHENSIONS; SOFTWARE MAINTENANCES; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE UNDERSTANDINGS; TOP-DOWN; TRACE EXPLORATIONS; USAGE SCENARIOS; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES;

TRACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 54049122695     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.02.068     Document Type: Article

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