A comparative evaluation of dynamic visualisation tools

Proceedings - Working Conference on Reverse Engineering, WCRE

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 80-89

  Pacione, Michael J ^a   Roper, Marc ^a   Wood, Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Application software; Data mining; Data visualization; Instruments; Laboratories; Poles and towers; Reverse engineering; Software systems; Software tools; Unified modeling language

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA MINING; DATA VISUALIZATION; INSTRUMENTS; LABORATORIES; MODELING LANGUAGES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; REVERSE ENGINEERING; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE; VISUALIZATION;

COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS; LEVEL OF ABSTRACTION; OBJECT-ORIENTED FRAMEWORKS; POLES AND TOWERS; SOFTWARE COMPREHENSION; SOFTWARE STRUCTURES; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84944583079     PISSN: 10951350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCRE.2003.1287239     Document Type: Conference Paper

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