Model-driven reverse engineering of legacy graphical user interfaces

Automated Software Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 147-186

  Sánchez Ramón, Óscar ^b   Sánchez Cuadrado, Jesús ^a   García Molina, Jesús ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Graphical User Interfaces; Layout; Model driven engineering; Modernisation; Reengineering; Reverse engineering

Indexed keywords

LEGACY SYSTEMS; MODERNIZATION; REENGINEERING; REVERSE ENGINEERING;

AUTOMATIC REENGINEERING; FOURTH-GENERATION LANGUAGES (4GL); GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES (GUI); LAYOUT; LAYOUT MODEL; MODEL-DRIVEN; MODEL-DRIVEN ENGINEERING; RAPID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT;

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

EID: 84898857625     PISSN: 09288910     EISSN: 15737535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10515-013-0130-2     Document Type: Article

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