Visual comparison of software architectures. (April 2013)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Visual comparison of software architectures. (April 2013)
- Main Title:
- Visual comparison of software architectures
- Authors:
- Beck, Fabian
Diehl, Stephan - Other Names:
- Telea Alexandru C. guest-editor.
Görg Carsten guest-editor.
Reiss Steven guest-editor. - Abstract:
- Reverse engineering methods produce different descriptions of software architectures. In this article we address the task of exploring and comparing these descriptions. We present a novel visualization technique to compare architectures consisting of a decomposition of the software system and the dependencies among the code entities. This technique uses a visual representation of an adjacency matrix to provide a scalable analysis tool. Advanced layout features such as an automatic level of detail algorithm and sorting strategies improve the readability of the visualization. Using a case study, we show how this technique can be applied in practice.
- Is Part Of:
- Information visualization. Volume 12:Number 2(2013)
- Journal:
- Information visualization
- Issue:
- Volume 12:Number 2(2013)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 12, Issue 2 (2013)
- Year:
- 2013
- Volume:
- 12
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2013-0012-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 178
- Page End:
- 199
- Publication Date:
- 2013-04
- Subjects:
- Software architecture -- hierarchy comparison -- graph visualization
Information visualization -- Periodicals
006.605 - Journal URLs:
- http://ivi.sagepub.com/ ↗
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ivs/index.html ↗
http://www.uk.sagepub.com ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/1473871612455983 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1473-8716
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
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- British Library DSC - 4496.401000
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