Supporting impact analysis by program dependence graph based forward slicing

Advances and Innovations in Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 197-202

  Korpi, Jaakko ^a   Koskinen, Jussi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED SUPPORT; IMPACT ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; PROGRAM DEPENDENCE GRAPH; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; SOURCE CODE MODIFICATION; STATIC SLICING; VISUAL BASIC PROGRAMS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

VISUAL BASIC;

EID: 80053179113     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6264-3_35     Document Type: Conference Paper

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