The Solid* toolset for software visual analytics of program structure and metrics comprehension: From research prototype to product

Science of Computer Programming

Volumn 79, Issue , 2014, Pages 224-240

  Reniers, Dennie ^a   Voinea, Lucian ^a   Ersoy, Ozan ^b   Telea, Alexandru ^b  

^a SolidSource BV   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Software visualization; Static analysis; Visual tool design

Indexed keywords

EASY-TO-USE PRODUCTS; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; PROGRAM STRUCTURES; RESEARCH PROTOTYPE; SOFTWARE STRUCTURES; SOFTWARE VISUALIZATION; STATIC PROGRAM ANALYSIS; VISUAL TOOLS;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TOOLS; VISUALIZATION;

STATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84885632447     PISSN: 01676423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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