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14th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE 2007)
Visualizing Software Architecture Evolution Using Change-Sets
Vancouver, BC, Canada
October 28-October 31
ISBN: 0-7695-3034-6
When trying to understand the evolution of a software system it can be useful to visualize the evolution of the sys- tem's architecture. Existing tools for viewing architectural evolution assume that what a user is interested in can be described in an unbroken sequence of time, for example the changes over the last six months. We present an alternative approach that provides a lightweight method for examining the net effect of any set of changes on a system's architec- ture. We also present Motive, a prototype tool that imple- ments this approach, and demonstrate how it can be used to answer questions about software evolution by describing case studies we conducted on two Java systems.
Citation:
Andrew McNair, Daniel M. German, Jens Weber-Jahnke, "Visualizing Software Architecture Evolution Using Change-Sets," wcre, pp.130-139, 14th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE 2007), 2007
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