Message from the General Chair

Message from the Program Co-Chairs (PDF)

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Conference Committee (PDF)

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Program Committee (PDF)

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Session 1

What Does It Cost to Make That Change?

Session 2A: Modernizing Legacy Systems, Chair: Elliot Chikofsky

Deriving an Object Model from Legacy Fortran Code (Abstract)

Gokul V. Subramaniam, Nortel - Northern Telecom

Eric J. Byrne, The University of Texas at Arlington

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Restructuring sequential Fortran code into a parallel/distributed application (Abstract)

C.T.H. Everaars, Centrum voor Wiskunde en Inf., Amsterdam, Netherlands

F. Arbab, Centrum voor Wiskunde en Inf., Amsterdam, Netherlands

F.J. Burger, Centrum voor Wiskunde en Inf., Amsterdam, Netherlands

pp. 13

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Recovering the Structure of Software Systems Using Tube Graph Interconnection Clustering (Abstract)

Spiros Mancoridis

Richard C. Holt

pp. 23

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Session 2B: Panel

How Much Has Software Maintenance Changed Since 1983? (Abstract)

pp. 34

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Session 3A: Impact Analysis of Software Changes, Chair: Norman Wilde

Impact analysis in the software change process: a year 2000 perspective (Abstract)

S.A. Bohner, Mitretek Syst., Mclean, VA, USA

pp. 42

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Visual Impact Analysis (Abstract)

Keith B. Gallagher, Loyola College in Maryland

pp. 52

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Assessing the impact of changes at the architectural level: a case study on graphical debuggers (Abstract)

D.S. McCrickard, Coll. of Comput., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

G.D. Abowd, Coll. of Comput., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

pp. 59

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Session 3B: Measuring Maintainability, Chair: Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar

Detection of Fault-Prone Software Modules During a Spiral Life Cycle (Abstract)

Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, Florida Atlantic University

Edward B. Allen, Florida Atlantic University

Robert Halstead, Northrop Grumman Corp.

Gary P. Trio, Northrop Grumman Corp.

pp. 69

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The effect of interface complexity on program error density (Abstract)

R. Takahashi, NTT Inf. & Commun. Syst. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan

Y. Nakamura, NTT Inf. & Commun. Syst. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan

pp. 77

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Maintainability as a key factor in maintenance productivity: a case study (Abstract)

M.J.B. Garcia, Grupo de Lenguajes y Sistemas Inf. e Ingenieria del Software, Granada Univ., Spain

J.C.G. Alvarez, Grupo de Lenguajes y Sistemas Inf. e Ingenieria del Software, Granada Univ., Spain

pp. 87

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Session 4A: Specifying and Using Tools, Chair: Tom Pigoski

Specifying code analysis tools (Abstract)

G. Canfora, University of Salerno

A. Cimitile, University of Salerno

A. de Lucia, University of Naples

pp. 95

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Software Error Classification using Purify (Abstract)

Howard D. Owens, Motorola Advanced Computer Architecture Lab

Baxter F. Womack, The University of Texas at Austin

Mario J. Gonzalez, The University of Texas at Austin

pp. 104

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Omega-an integrated environment for C++ program maintenance (Abstract)

Xiaoping Chen, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN, USA

Wei-Tek Tsai, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN, USA

Hai Huang, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN, USA

M. Poonawala, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN, USA

S. Rayadurgam, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN, USA

Y. Wang, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN, USA

pp. 114

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Session 4B: Panel

Examining Year 2000 Data Challenges from the Maintenance Perspective (Abstract)

S. Bohner

pp. 125

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Session 5: Software Maintenance: Myth or Magic

Change Costing in a Maintenance Environment (PDF)

pp. 130

Session 6

Industry Track

Session 7A: Understanding the Maintenance Process, Chair: Mike Schrank

The non-homogeneous maintenance periods: a case study of software modifications (Abstract)

D. Gefen, Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA, USA

S.L. Schneberger, Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA, USA

pp. 134

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Maintenance In a Dual-Lifecycle Software Engineering Process (Abstract)

M. Weisskopf, University of Houston

C. W. Irving, University of Houston

C. W. McKay, University of Houston

C. Atkinson, University of Houston

D. Eichmann, University of Houston

pp. 142

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Measurements for managing software maintenance (Abstract)

G.E. Stark, Mitre Corp., USA

pp. 152

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Session 7B: Migrating to Object-Oriented Systems, Chair: Malcolm Slovin

A Design Environment for Migrating Relational to Object Oriented Database Systems (Abstract)

pp. 163

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Algorithmic Analysis of the Impact of Changes to Object-Oriented Software (Abstract)

Li Li

A. Jefferson Offutt

pp. 171

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Discovering a system modernization decision framework: a case study in migrating to distributed object technology (Abstract)

E. Wallace, Manuf. Eng. Lab., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA

P.C. Clements, Manuf. Eng. Lab., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA

K.C. Wallnau, Manuf. Eng. Lab., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA

pp. 185

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Session 8A: Modeling Software Maintenance Practice, Chair: Walcelio L. Melo

A study of the effects of software development practices on software maintenance effort (Abstract)

S.A. Slaughter, Graduate Sch. of Ind. Adm., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

R.D. Banker, Graduate Sch. of Ind. Adm., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

pp. 197

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A Formal Method for Software Maintenance (Abstract)

pp. 206

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Modelling the maintenance process at Zurich Life Insurance (Abstract)

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

pp. 217

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Session 8B: Reusing Software during Maintenance, Chair: Paul Layzell

An Agent-Based Approach to Rapid Software Evolution Based on a Domain Model (Abstract)

S.J. Glover

K.H. Bennett

pp. 228

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Analysing Large COBOL Programs: the extraction of reusable modules (Abstract)

pp. 238

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Experiment on the Automatic Detection of Function Clones in a Software System Using Metrics (Abstract)

Jean Mayrand, Telsoft Ventures Inc.

Claude Leblanc, Information Technology Procurement Bell Canada

Ettore M. Merlo, Ecole Polytechnique

pp. 244

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Session 9A: Reverse Engineering 1, Chair: Hausi Muller

Reverse Engineering Concurrent Programs using Formal Modelling and Analysis (Abstract)

E.J. Younger, University of Durham

Z. Luo, University of Durham

K.H. Bennett, University of Durham

T.M. Bull, University of Durham

pp. 255

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Using Informal and Formal Techniques for the Reverse Engineering of C Programs (Abstract)

Gerald C. Gannod, Michigan State University

Betty H. C. Cheng, Michigan State University

pp. 265

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Evaluation of a Knowledge-Based Approach to Program Understanding (Abstract)

Salwa K. Abd-El-Hafiz, Cairo University

pp. 275

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Session 9B: Documenting for Maintenance, Chair: Scott L. Schneberger

A Documentation Suite for Maintenance Programmers (Abstract)

Frank A. Cioch, Oakland University

Michael Palazzolo, Oakland University

Scott Lohrer, Vetronics Technology Center

pp. 286

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VIFOR 2: a tool for browsing and documentation (Abstract)

V. Rajlich, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI, USA

S.R. Adnapally, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI, USA

pp. 296

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Maintenance and abstraction of program data using formal transformations (Abstract)

R.E. Mortimer, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Durham Univ., UK

K.H. Bennett, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Durham Univ., UK

pp. 301

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Session 10A: Reverse Engineering 2, Chair: Mariam Kamkar

Early field experience with the Software Reconnaissance technique for program comprehension (Abstract)

N. Wilde

C Casey

pp. 312

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A Cliche'-Based Environment to Support Architectural Reverse Engineering (Abstract)

R. Fiutem, IRST-Istituto per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica,

P. Tonella, IRST-Istituto per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica,

G. Antoniol, IRST-Istituto per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica,

E. Merlo, Ecole Polytechnique

pp. 319

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Preprocessors from an Abstract Point of View (Abstract)

Jean-Marie Favre, IMAG Institute

pp. 329

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Session 10B: Analyzing Code, Chair: Gerardo Canfora

Binary Translation: Static, Dynamic, Retargetable? (Abstract)

Cristina Cifuentes

Vishv Malhotra

pp. 340

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Regression Testing of GUI Event Interactions (Abstract)

Lee J. White, Case Western Reserve University

pp. 350

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Semi-automatic update of applications in response to library changes (Abstract)

K. Chow, Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR, USA

D. Notkin, Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR, USA

pp. 359

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Session 1OC: Panel

Software Maintenance for 2005 (Abstract)

pp. 370

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Index of Authors (PDF)

pp. 373