NDLI: BugCrawler: Visualizing Evolving Software Systems

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	D'Ambros, M. Lanza, M.
Copyright Year	2007
Description	Author affiliation: Fac. of Informatics, Lugano Univ. (D'Ambros, M.; Lanza, M.)
Abstract	Software evolution is aimed at analyzing and understanding the present state of a software system and at predicting its future development. This knowledge supports reverse engineering activities since it allows the analyst to infer causes of problems in the system and to detect components which need to be restructured. However, effectively using evolutionary information is challenging because it typically comes in large amounts, especially when several years of evolution are considered. Techniques are needed to break down the data quantity and complexity. BugCrawler is a language independent tool which supports software evolution and reverse engineering. It is based on a combination of software metrics and interactive visualizations. BugCrawler integrates structural information computed from the source code with evolutionary information retrieved from CVS log files and Bugzilla problem reports. It has been validated on several large projects
Starting Page	333
Ending Page	334
File Size	225818
Page Count	2
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769528023
ISSN	15345351
DOI	10.1109/CSMR.2007.17
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2007-03-21
Publisher Place	Netherlands
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Software systems Computer bugs Reverse engineering Data visualization Software tools Informatics Software metrics Information retrieval Stability Joining processes
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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