Visual exploration of large-scale system evolution

Proceedings - Working Conference on Reverse Engineering, WCRE

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 219-228

  Wettel, Richard ^a   Lanza, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; REENGINEERING; REVERSE ENGINEERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISUALIZATION;

3D VISUALIZATIONS; COMPLEX METRICS; COMPLEX PROCESSES; CURRENT STATES; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES; IMPLICIT COMPLEXITIES; LARGE-SCALE SYSTEMS; MENTAL MODELS; MOVING TARGETS; OBJECT-ORIENTED; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SOURCE SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTIONS; VISUAL EXPLORATIONS;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 57749206809     PISSN: 10951350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCRE.2008.55     Document Type: Conference Paper

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