An approach for mapping features to code based on static and dynamic analysis

IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 236-241

  Rohatgi, Abhishek ^a   Hamou Lhadj, Abdelwahab ^a   Rilling, Juergen ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic analysis; Feature location; Program comprehension; Static analysis

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDIES; COMPONENT MODIFICATION; DEPENDENCY GRAPH; DOMAIN EXPERTS; DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE; EXECUTION TRACES; FEATURE IMPLEMENTATION; FEATURE LOCATION; FEATURE LOCATIONS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; PROGRAM COMPREHENSION; RANKING TECHNIQUE; SOURCE CODING; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; SYSTEM EVOLUTION;

CODES (SYMBOLS); DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC LOAD SHEDDING; SOFTWARE TESTING; TRACE ANALYSIS;

STATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 71149117876     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPC.2008.35     Document Type: Conference Paper

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