Visualizing software architecture evolution using change-sets

被引：17
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作者：
McNair, Andrew [1 ]
German, Daniel M. [1 ]
Weber-Jahnke, Jens [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Victoria, Dept Comp Sci, Victoria, BC, Canada
来源：
14TH WORKING CONFERENCE ON REVERSE ENGINEERING, PROCEEDINGS | 2007年
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D O I：
10.1109/WCRE.2007.52
中图分类号：
TP31 [计算机软件];
学科分类号：
081202 ; 0835 ;
摘要：
When trying to understand the evolution of a software system it can be useful to visualize the evolution of the system's architecture. Existing tools for viewing architectural evolution assume that what a user is interested in can be described in an unbroken sequence of time, for example the changes over the last six months. We present an alternative approach that provides a lightweight method for examining the net effect of any set of changes on a system's architecture. We also present Motive, a prototype tool that implements this approach, and demonstrate how it can be used to answer questions about software evolution by describing case studies we conducted on two Java systems.
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页码：130 / 139
页数：10
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