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Software Visualization pp 243–286Cite as

Understanding Architecture through Structure and Behavior Visualization

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Part of the book series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science ((SECS,volume 734))

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Understanding the architecture of a legacy system is essential for the further development, the maintenance and the re-engineering of this system. Unfortunately, architecture is hardly documented in such systems. The only trustworthy source of information is the system implementation. Hence, the architecture has to be retrieved from this source. As real world legacy systems tend to be large, the source code cannot be read directly. Instead, we propose to use (semi-)automatic program analyses to extract the information.

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  1. IPD, Innovative Programming, University of Karlsruhe, Adenauerring 20a, D-76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Dirk Heuzeroth

  2. MSI, Software Technology Group, University of Växjö, Vejdes plats 7, SE-35I 95, Växjö, Sweden

    Welf Löwe

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    Kang Zhang (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

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Heuzeroth, D., Löwe, W. (2003). Understanding Architecture through Structure and Behavior Visualization. In: Zhang, K. (eds) Software Visualization. The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 734. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0457-3_9

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