This Article 
   
 Share 
   
 Bibliographic References 
   
 Add to: 
 
Digg
Furl
Spurl
Blink
Simpy
Google
Del.icio.us
Y!MyWeb
 
 Search 
   
Second International IEEE Workshop on Software Evolvability (SE'06)
A Context-Driven Software Comprehension Process Model
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
September 24-September 24
ISBN: 0-7695-2698-5
Wen Jun Meng, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Juergen Rilling, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Yonggang Zhang, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Ren? Witte, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Sudhir Mudur, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Philippe Charland, Defence Research and Development Canada Val-B?lair, Qu?bec, Canada
Comprehension is an essential part of software evolution. Only software that is well understood can evolve in a controlled manner. In this paper, we present a formal process model to support the comprehension of software systems by using Ontology and Description Logic. This formal representation supports the use of reasoning services across different knowledge resources and therefore, enables us to provide users with guidance during the comprehension process that is context sensitive to their particular comprehension task. As part of the process model, we also adopt a new interactive story metaphor, to represent the interactions between users and the comprehension process.
Index Terms:
Software evolution, program comprehension, process modeling, story metaphor, ontological reasoning
Citation:
Wen Jun Meng, Juergen Rilling, Yonggang Zhang, Ren? Witte, Sudhir Mudur, Philippe Charland, "A Context-Driven Software Comprehension Process Model," software-evolvability, pp.50-57, Second International IEEE Workshop on Software Evolvability (SE'06), 2006
Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use.