An information retrieval tool for reverse software engineering
Information retrieval in large data spaces using formal, structure oriented patterns of features has many possible applications. We developed and studied a system that can be used to localize code segments in a program. The system is built using a generic and extensible object oriented framework and...
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McGill University
1996
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| Online Access: | http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=24025 |
| Summary: | Information retrieval in large data spaces using formal, structure oriented patterns of features has many possible applications. We developed and studied a system that can be used to localize code segments in a program. The system is built using a generic and extensible object oriented framework and uses the Viterbi dynamic programming algorithm on simple Markov models to calculate a similarity measure between an abstractly described code segment and a possible instantiation of it in the program. The resulting system can be incorporated in a larger cooperative environment of CASE tools and can be used during the design recovery process to perform concept localization. |
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