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Message from the General Chair (PDF)

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Message from the Program Co-Chairs (PDF)

pp. x

Panel: Generating Accessible Documentation from Legacy Systems

Using generalized markup and SGML for reverse engineering graphical representations of software (Abstract)

J.H. Cross, Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Auburn Univ., AL, USA

T.D. Hendrix, Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Auburn Univ., AL, USA

pp. 2

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Analysis of Non-Code Sources

Automating testing by reverse engineering of software documentation (Abstract)

P. Lutsky, Brandeis Univ., Waltham, MA, USA

pp. 8

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Recovering business rules from structured analysis specifications (Abstract)

J.C. Sampaio do Prado Leite, Dept. de Inf., Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

P. Monteiro Cerqueira, Dept. de Inf., Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

pp. 13

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Retrieving information from data flow diagrams (Abstract)

G. Butler, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Concordia Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada

P. Grogono, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Concordia Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada

R. Shinghal, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Concordia Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada

I. Tjandra, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Concordia Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada

pp. 22

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Transformation & Translation

Reengineering Procedural into Data Flow Programs (Abstract)

Paul Newcomb, Boeing Computer Services Research and Training

Paul Martens, Boeing

pp. 32

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RESCUE: legacy systems translator (Abstract)

pp. 39

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Tools & Environments

Legacy System Cataloging Facility (Abstract)

P. Newcomb, Res. & Technol., Boeing Comput. Services, Seattle, WA, USA

pp. 52

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Design of a generic reverse engineering assistant tool (Abstract)

S. Jarzabek, Dept. of Inf. Syst. & Comput. Sci., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

Tan Poh Keam, Dept. of Inf. Syst. & Comput. Sci., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

pp. 61

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Customized tools for software quality assurance and reengineering (Abstract)

C.H. Wells, Electr. Power Res. Inst., Palo Alto, CA, USA

R. Brand, Electr. Power Res. Inst., Palo Alto, CA, USA

L. Markosian, Electr. Power Res. Inst., Palo Alto, CA, USA

pp. 71

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Integrating reengineering, reuse and specification tool environments to enable reverse engineering (Abstract)

F.J. Zigman, Computer, Command & Control Co., Philadelphia, PA, USA

M.L. Wilson, Computer, Command & Control Co., Philadelphia, PA, USA

pp. 78

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Detecting Duplication

On finding duplication and near-duplication in large software systems (Abstract)

B.S. Baker, AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA

pp. 86

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Pattern matching for design concept localization (Abstract)

K. Kontogiannis, Sch. of Comput. Sci., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada

R. DeMori, Sch. of Comput. Sci., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada

M. Bernstein, Sch. of Comput. Sci., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada

M. Galler, Sch. of Comput. Sci., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada

E. Merlo, Sch. of Comput. Sci., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada

pp. 96

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Learning from the Reverse Engineering Process

Analyzing empirical data from a reverse engineering project (Abstract)

P. Fiore, Basica SpA, Bari, Italy

F. Lanubile, Basica SpA, Bari, Italy

G. Visaggio, Basica SpA, Bari, Italy

pp. 106

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Data Reverse Engineering

Observed idiosyncracies of relational database designs (Abstract)

M.R. Blaha, OMT Associates Inc., St. Louis, MO, USA

W.J. Premerlani, OMT Associates Inc., St. Louis, MO, USA

pp. 116

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Deriving a logical data model for a system using the RECAST method (Abstract)

H.M. Edwards

M Munro

pp. 126

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Requirements for information system reverse engineering support (Abstract)

J.-L. Hainaut, Inst. d'Inf, Namur Univ., Belgium

V. Englebert, Inst. d'Inf, Namur Univ., Belgium

J. Henrard, Inst. d'Inf, Namur Univ., Belgium

J.-M. Hick, Inst. d'Inf, Namur Univ., Belgium

D. Roland, Inst. d'Inf, Namur Univ., Belgium

pp. 136

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August-II: a tool for step-by-step data model reverse engineering (PDF)

K.H. Davis, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL, USA

pp. 146

Program Understanding

DECODE: a cooperative environment for reverse-engineering legacy software (Abstract)

A. Quilici, Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hawaii Univ., Honolulu, HI, USA

D.N. Chin, Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hawaii Univ., Honolulu, HI, USA

pp. 156

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The Interleaving Problem in Program Understanding (Abstract)

pp. 166

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Qualifying reusable functions using symbolic execution (Abstract)

A. Cimitile, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Inf. ed Ingegneria Elettrica, Salerno Univ., Italy

A. De Lucia, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Inf. ed Ingegneria Elettrica, Salerno Univ., Italy

M. Munro, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Inf. ed Ingegneria Elettrica, Salerno Univ., Italy

pp. 178

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Strongest postcondition semantics as the formal basis for reverse engineering (Abstract)

G.C. Gannod, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA

B.H.C. Cheng, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA

pp. 188

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Formal representation of reuseable software modules (Abstract)

I.A. Tjandra, Centre Interuniv. en Calcul Math. Algebraic, Concordia Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada

G. Butler, Centre Interuniv. en Calcul Math. Algebraic, Concordia Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada

pp. 198

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Finding Objects in Procedural Programs

Finding objects in procedural programs: an alternative approach (Abstract)

H. Gall, Dept. of Distributed Syst., Tech. Univ. Wien, Austria

R. Klosch, Dept. of Distributed Syst., Tech. Univ. Wien, Austria

pp. 208

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Extracting object-oriented specification from procedurally oriented programs (Abstract)

H.M. Sneed, SES Software Eng. Service GmbH, Munich, Germany

E. Nyary, SES Software Eng. Service GmbH, Munich, Germany

pp. 217

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Recovering abstract data types and object instances from a conventional procedural language (Abstract)

A.S. Yeh, Mitre Corp., Bedford, MA, USA

D.R. Harris, Mitre Corp., Bedford, MA, USA

H.B. Reubenstein, Mitre Corp., Bedford, MA, USA

pp. 227

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Reengineering procedural into object-oriented systems (Abstract)

P. Newcomb, Res. & Technol., Boeing Comput. Services, Seattle, WA, USA

G. Kotik, Res. & Technol., Boeing Comput. Services, Seattle, WA, USA

pp. 237

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Architectural Discovery & Evaluation

Recognizers for extracting architectural features from source code (Abstract)

D.R. Harris, Mitre Corp., Bedford, MA, USA

H.B. Reubenstein, Mitre Corp., Bedford, MA, USA

A.S. Yeh, Mitre Corp., Bedford, MA, USA

pp. 252

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Toward experimental evaluation of subsystem classification recovery techniques (Abstract)

A. Lakhotia

J.M. Gravley

pp. 262

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Software Evolution

Evolution is essential for software tool development (Abstract)

M. Wein, Inst. for Inf. Technol., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

S.A. MacKay, Inst. for Inf. Technol., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

D.A. Stewart, Inst. for Inf. Technol., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

C.-A. Gauthier, Inst. for Inf. Technol., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

W.M. Gentleman, Inst. for Inf. Technol., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

pp. 272

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A debugging tool for software evolution (Abstract)

D. Abramson, Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Technol., Griffith Univ., Brisbane, Qld., Australia

R. Sosic, Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Technol., Griffith Univ., Brisbane, Qld., Australia

pp. 282

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CASE Support for User Interfaces

Generating user interfaces from specifications produced by a reverse engineering process (Abstract)

A.R. Elwahidi, PurchaseMaster Sci. Inc., Verdun, Que., Canada

E. Merlo, PurchaseMaster Sci. Inc., Verdun, Que., Canada

pp. 292

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Reverse engineering as a bridge to CASE (Abstract)

H.M. Sneed, SES Software Eng. Service, Ottobrunn, Germany

pp. 300

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Program understanding as constraint satisfaction (Abstract)

S. Woods, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada

Qiang Yang, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada

pp. 314

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Model-based Design of Tools for Business Understanding and Re-engineering (Abstract)

pp. 324

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Index of Authors (PDF)

pp. 335