CSDL - Proceedings I

Message from the Program Co-Chairs (PDF)

pp. ix

Conference Committee (PDF)

pp. x

Tutorial: The Year 2000: Leveraging Lessons Learned

Paper Session I: Visualization: Chair: P. Linos, Tennessee Technological University

Pattern Visualization for Software Comprehension (Abstract)

R. Schauer

R. Keller

pp. 4

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Visualizing Year 2000 Program Changes (Abstract)

pp. 13

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Visualizing Software in Virtual Reality (Abstract)

P. Young

M. Munro

pp. 19

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Paper Session II: Architecture: Chair: D. Smith, Software Engineering Institute

Developing an Approach for the Recovery of Distributed Software Architectures (Abstract)

N.C. Mendonça

J. Kramer

pp. 28

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An Analysis Framework for Understanding Layered Software Architectures (Abstract)

pp. 37

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Using Automatic Clustering to Produce High-Level System Organizations of Source Code (Abstract)

Y. Chen

pp. 45

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Paper Session III: Integration Frameworks: Chair: S. Tilley, Software Engineering Institute

An Architecture for Interoperable Program Understanding Tools (Abstract)

T. Lin

pp. 54

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Managing a Multi-File, Multi-Language Software Repository for Program Comprehension Tools ? A Generic Approach (Abstract)

M. Kamp

pp. 64

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DIME: A Direct Manipulation Environment for Evolutionary Development of Software (Abstract)

A. Lakhotia

pp. 72

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F. Détienne J.-M. Burkhar

Paper Session IV: Comprehension Strategies: Chair: G. Canfora, University of Sannio

The Effect of Object-Oriented Programming Expertise in Several Dimensions of Comprehension Strategies (Abstract)

S. Wiedenbeck

pp. 82

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Rapid System Understanding: Two COBOL Case Studies (Abstract)

A. Van Deursen

T. Kuipers

pp. 90

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Partial Comprehension of Complex Programs (enough to perform maintenance) (Abstract)

K. Erdös

H.M. Sneed

pp. 98

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Keynote Speech: Human Cognition of Complex Thought Patterns - How Much is our Perception of the Present Determined by our Experience of the Past

Paper Session V: Parsing: Chair: G. Antoniol, IRST

Current Parsing Techniques in Software Renovation Considered Harmful (Abstract)

pp. 108

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Parsing Minimization when Extracting Information from Code in the Presence of Conditional Compilation (Abstract)

S.S. Somé

T.C. Lethbridge

pp. 118

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Specifying the Semantics of Machine Instructions (Abstract)

C. Cifuentes

S. Sendall

pp. 126

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Paper Session VI: Decomposition: Chair: C. Boldyreff, University of Durham

Decomposing Legacy Programs: A First Step Towards Migrating to Client-Server Platforms (Abstract)

pp. 136

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Program Slicing in Understanding of Large Programs (Abstract)

B. Korel

J. Rilling

pp. 145

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Design Pattern Recovery in Object-Oriented Software (Abstract)

pp. 153

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Working Session I: Cognitive Aspects

Working Session II: Support Mechanisms

Working Session III: Maturing the Practice

Paper Session VII: Empirical Studies: Chair: A. Quilici, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Program Understanding Behavior During Adaptation of Large Scale Software (Abstract)

A. von Mayrhauser

A.M. Vans

pp. 164

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Studying Work Practices to Assist Tool Design in Software Engineering (Abstract)

J. Singer

T. Lethbridge

pp. 173

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Archetypal Source Code Searches: A Survey of Software Developers and Maintainers (Abstract)

pp. 180

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Paper Session VIII: Program Analysis: Chair: C. Cifuentes, University of Queensland

Design of a Toolset for Dynamic Analysis of Concurrent Java Programs (Abstract)

A. Bechini

K.-C. Tai

pp. 190

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The Feedback Compiler (Abstract)

B. Jubb

pp. 198

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Automatic Detection of Interaction Patterns for Parallel Program Analysis and Development (Abstract)

pp. 206

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Working Session IV: Leveraging the Web

Working Session V: Black-Box Understanding

Working Session VI: The Year 2000 Problem

Working Session Reports

Author Index (PDF)

pp. 215