Software visualizations for improving and measuring the comprehensibility of source code

Authors:
David A. Umphress;T. Dean Hendrix;James H. Cross, II;Saeed Maghsoodloo
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Auburn University, AL;Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Auburn University, AL;Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Auburn University, AL;Department of Industrial and System Engineering, Auburn University, AL
Venue:
Science of Computer Programming - Software analysis, evolution and re-engineering
Year:
2006

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Abstract

Software analysis, evolution, and reengineering are important areas of the software life cycle. The quest to maintain and keep operational large mission critical systems has always been a challenge for software practitioners. This special issue presents ...