Dynamic Analysis Techniques for the Reconstruction of Architectural Views

Report (2007)

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Software Technology (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2007 The authors. Software Engineering Research Group, Department of Software Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Delft University of Technology.
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Published Date

31-12-2007

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Technical Report Series TUD-SERG-2007-024

ISSN:

1872-5392

Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Software Technology

Abstract

Gaining an understanding of software systems is an important discipline in many software engineering contexts. It is essential that software engineers are assisted as much as possible during this task, e.g., by using tools and techniques that provide architectural views on the software at hand. This Ph.D. research addresses this issue by employing dynamic analysis for the reconstruction of such views from running systems. The aim is to devise new abstraction techniques and novel visualizations, to combine them, and to assess the benefits through substantial case studies and controlled experiments. This paper describes our approach, reports on the results thus far, and outlines our future steps. Preprint accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE), 2007, IEEE Computer Society.