Execution Trace Analysis through Massive Sequence and Circular Bundle Views

Preprint of article published in: Journal of Systems and Software (Elsevier), 81 (12), 2008; doi:10.1016/j.jss.2008.02.068 An important part of many software maintenance tasks is to gain a sufficient level of understanding of the system at hand. The use of dynamic information to aid in this software understanding process is a common practice...

Trace Visualization Using Hierarchical Edge Bundles and Massive Sequence Views

One way of gaining understanding of a software system is the analysis of dynamic information, i.e., program execution traces. A problem regarding the analysis of such traces is the fact that these are often extremely large: hundreds of thousands and even millions of calls within a single trace are no exception. To aid a user in navigating and...

Particle-based non-photorealistic volume visualization

Non-photorealistic techniques are usually applied to produce stylistic renderings. In visualization, these techniques are often able to simplify data, producing clearer images than traditional visualization methods. We investigate the use of particle systems for visualizing volume datasets using non-photorealistic techniques. In our VolumeFlies...

Understanding Execution Traces Using Massive Sequence and Circular Bundle Views

The use of dynamic information to aid in software understanding is a common practice nowadays. One of the many approaches concerns the comprehension of execution traces. A major issue in this context is scalability: due to the vast amounts of information, it is a very difficult task to successfully find your way through such traces without...

Understanding Execution Traces Using Massive Sequence and Circular Bundle Views

On new types of solid models and their visualization with ray tracing