Using graph rewriting to specify software architectural transformations

Proceedings ASE 2000: 15th IEEE International Conference on Automated Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 187-196

  Fahmy, H ^a   Holt, R C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

graph rewriting; program understanding; software architecture; software maintenance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; SPECIFICATIONS;

ARCHITECTURAL TRANSFORMATION; EXECUTABLE SPECIFICATIONS; GRAPH MODIFICATIONS; GRAPH REWRITING; LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION; PROGRAM UNDERSTANDING; PROTOTYPE IMPLEMENTATIONS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURAL;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84960873740     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ASE.2000.873663     Document Type: Conference Paper

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