Software Visualization

From Theory to Practice

By: Kang Zhang (Editor)

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Hardcover | 30 April 2003

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Software Visualization: From Theory to Practice was initially selected as a special volume for "The Annals of Software Engineering (ANSE) Journal", which has been discontinued. This special edited volume, is the first to discuss software visualization in the perspective of software engineering. It is a collection of 14 chapters on software visualization, covering the topics from theory to practical systems. The chapters are divided into four Parts: Visual Formalisms, Human Factors, Architectural Visualization, and Visualization in Practice. They cover a comprehensive range of software visualization topics, including
*Visual programming theory and techniques for rapid software prototyping and graph visualization, including distributed programming;
*Visual formalisms such as Flowchart, Event Graph, and Process Communication Graph;
*Graph-oriented distributed programming;
*Program visualization for software understanding, testing/debugging and maintenance;
*Object-oriented re-design based on legacy procedural software;
*Cognitive models for designing software exploration tools;
*Human comprehensibility of visual modeling diagrams in UML;
*UML extended with pattern compositions for software reuse;
*Visualization of software architecture and Web architecture for better understanding;
*Visual programming and program visualization for music synthesizers;
*Drawing diagrams nicely using clustering techniques for software engineering.

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Non-Fiction Computing & I.T.Computer Programming & Software Development Object-Oriented Programming or OOP Software Engineering Programming & Scripting Languages Computer Science Graphical & Digital Media Applications Operating Systems

Contributing Authors	p. xiii
Preface	p. xxiii
Visual Formalisms	p. 1
Graph Grammars for Visual Programming	p. 3
Introduction	p. 3
Graph Grammars and DSVL Generation	p. 5
Graph Grammars	p. 5
The Reserved Graph Grammar Formalism	p. 6
Generating DSVLs	p. 9
Graph Parsing	p. 12
Grammar-Based Diagram Visualization	p. 14
Spatial Grammar Extension	p. 14
Graph Layout	p. 16
Position Specification	p. 18
Direction Specification	p. 19
An Example: Flowcharts	p. 20
Other Applications	p. 22
Conclusions and Future Work	p. 23
References	p. 25
Visualizing Program Behavior with the Event Graph	p. 29
Introduction	p. 29
Software Engineering and Visualization	p. 29
Usage of Graph Theory in Visualization	p. 30
Addressed Solutions based on the Event Graph	p. 30
The Event Graph Model	p. 31
Basic Definition	p. 31
Event Attributes	p. 32
Ordering Relation	p. 33
Event Graph Generation	p. 34
Event Graph Visualization	p. 37
Program Analysis with the Event Graph Model	p. 38
Visual Representations	p. 38
Detection of Program Failures	p. 40
Detection of Computational Errors	p. 41
Communication and Synchronization Errors	p. 41
Visualization of the Detected Behavioral Characteristics	p. 44
Time-Scale	p. 45
Advanced Analysis Activities	p. 46
Group Identification	p. 46
Pattern Matching	p. 47
Loop Detection	p. 52
Summary	p. 54
Acknowledgments	p. 55
References	p. 55
Flowchart Components for Program Visualization	p. 59
Introduction	p. 59
Flowchart Components	p. 60
Definition of flowchart components	p. 61
The component geometric information	p. 62
An example	p. 63
Developing Flowchart Layout Functions	p. 64
The method of developing layout functions	p. 65
Layout functions for flowchart components	p. 67
Converting Source Code to Flowcharts	p. 69
Prototype Implementation	p. 70
Conclusion	p. 74
References	p. 74
A Formalism for Graph-Oriented Distributed Programming	p. 77
Introduction	p. 77
Related Work	p. 79
The Graph-Oriented Programming Model	p. 80
The CDG Framework	p. 83
Operations on DPGs	p. 86
Primitive Functions	p. 87
Construction Operations	p. 88
Inspection Operations	p. 89
Replacement	p. 90
CDG Calculus	p. 93
The Composition Calculus	p. 93
Recursion Calculus	p. 100
Applications and a GOP Toolkit	p. 102
Communication and Synchronization	p. 102
Subgraph generation	p. 102
Query	p. 103
Example	p. 103
A GOP Toolset	p. 105
Conclusions and Future Work	p. 108
References	p. 108
Human Factors	p. 111
Designing A Software Exploration Tool Using A Cognitive Framework	p. 113
Introduction	p. 113
Tool support for program comprehension	p. 115
Cognitive models of program comprehension	p. 116
Characteristics affecting comprehension strategies	p. 118
Reducing cognitive overhead	p. 119
SHriMP Views	p. 120
Designing a tool using the Cognitive Framework	p. 122
Supporting program comprehension strategies	p. 122
Reducing cognitive overhead	p. 134
Summary	p. 140
Conclusions and Future Work	p. 142
Acknowledgments	p. 143
References	p. 144
UML Class Diagrams: An Empirical Study of Comprehension	p. 149
Introduction	p. 149
UML class diagrams	p. 150
Experimental aims and definitions	p. 151
Experiment 1: Notation	p. 151
Introduction	p. 151
Notational variations	p. 152
Methodology	p. 152
Results	p. 157
Analysis	p. 160
Discussion (notational variations)	p. 162
Experiment 2: Layout	p. 163
Introduction	p. 163
Aesthetic variations	p. 163
Methodology	p. 166
Results	p. 167
Analysis	p. 168
Within-aesthetic Preference Data	p. 169
Between-aesthetic preference data	p. 172
Analysis	p. 174
Discussion (aesthetic layout variations)	p. 175
Conclusion	p. 176
Acknowledgements	p. 176
References	p. 177
Analysis of Visual Languages for Parallel Programming	p. 179
Introduction	p. 179
Related Works	p. 182
PCG Language and Editor	p. 184
PCG Language	p. 184
PCG Editor	p. 186
Usability Analysis	p. 188
Abstraction Gradient	p. 189
Closeness of Mapping	p. 191
Consistency	p. 192
Diffuseness / Terseness	p. 193
Error-proneness	p. 194
Hard Mental Operations	p. 194
Hidden Dependencies	p. 195
Premature Commitment	p. 197
Progressive Evaluation	p. 197
Role-expressiveness	p. 197
Secondary Notation and Escape from Formalism	p. 198
Viscosity	p. 198
Visibility and Juxtaposability	p. 198
Empirical Study	p. 201
Approach	p. 202
Lecture	p. 203
Case Study: Poisson Solver	p. 204
Observations	p. 205
Case Study: Matrix Multiply	p. 208
Experiment: Same-different Judgment Test	p. 209
Questionnaire	p. 210
Conclusion	p. 212
Acknowledgment	p. 214
References	p. 214
Architectural Visualization	p. 217
A Visual Architectural Approach to Maintaining Web Applications	p. 219
Introduction	p. 219
Organization of Chapter	p. 221
The Components of a Web Application	p. 221
WebFlight: A Web Application	p. 223
Scenario: Modifying a Subsystem	p. 226
Visualizing a Web Application	p. 229
Extracting the Facts	p. 230
Abstracting and Merging the Extracted Facts	p. 233
Generating the Architecture Diagrams	p. 237
Related Work	p. 238
Forward Engineering	p. 391
Reverse Engineering	p. 239
Conclusion	p. 240
Acknowledgments	p. 240
References	p. 240
Understanding Architecture Through Structure and Behavior Visualization	p. 243
Introduction	p. 243
General Approach	p. 245
Analysis and Visualization Tool Basis	p. 249
Entities and Relations Displayed	p. 250
Filtering and Aggregation	p. 253
Information Flow in the System	p. 256
Classification	p. 258
Understanding the Components	p. 260
Understanding the Connectors	p. 263
Static Analysis	p. 265
Dynamic Analysis	p. 268
Visualization	p. 273
Detection of Further Patterns	p. 274
Evaluation	p. 276
Pattern Detection in our Analyzer Tool	p. 276
Pattern Detection in the SwingSet2 Example	p. 278
Related Work	p. 279
Conclusions and Future Work	p. 282
References	p. 284
Design Pattern Compositions in UML	p. 287
Introduction	p. 287
Illustration of the Problem	p. 289
Notations for Pattern Composition	p. 292
Venn Diagram-Style Pattern Annotation	p. 293
Dotted Bounding Pattern Annotation	p. 293
UML Collaboration Notation	p. 295
Pattern: Role Annotations	p. 295
UML Extensions	p. 296
UML Profile for Design Patterns	p. 302
Case Study	p. 303
Conclusions	p. 305
References	p. 306
Visualization in Practice	p. 309
The BLOOM Software Visualization System	p. 311
Introduction	p. 311
Objectives	p. 312
System Architecture	p. 313
Gathering Information	p. 315
Structural Data	p. 316
Trace Data	p. 317
Data Analysis	p. 323
Trace Data Analysis	p. 323
Encoding Sequences	p. 326
Summary	p. 330
Combining Analyses	p. 330
The Data Model	p. 330
The User Interface	p. 332
Specifying Visualizations	p. 338
Related Work	p. 340
Experience with MURAL	p. 341
Visualizing the Result	p. 342
HIVE and COMB	p. 344
BUD	p. 349
APIS	p. 350
BEE	p. 352
Experience	p. 352
Current and Future Work	p. 353
Acknowledgements	p. 355
References	p. 356
Visual Program Visualization	p. 359
Introduction	p. 359
Clavia Nord Modular	p. 362
Hardware	p. 362
Software	p. 363
Programming Environment	p. 365
Patch Maps	p. 366
Visualising Patch Cable Layouts	p. 372
Patch Cables	p. 376
Module Choice	p. 377
Module Power	p. 378
Module Size	p. 379
Module Layout	p. 380
Module Position	p. 381
Location Use	p. 383
Related Work	p. 384
Discussion and Conclusion	p. 385
Acknowledgements	p. 387
References	p. 387
Use of Visualization to Aid Object-Oriented Redesign	p. 389
Introduction	p. 389
Related Studies	p. 392
Methodology	p. 393
Abstracting OO Design From Program Structure and Pattern Matching	p. 393
Identifying Original Code Related to Each Class	p. 397
Refining OO design	p. 400
Case Study--An Inventory Management System	p. 401
Conclusions	p. 410
References	p. 411
Effective Graph Visualization Via Node Grouping	p. 413
Introduction	p. 413
Previous Work	p. 416
Methodologies for the Application of Node Grouping in Graph Drawing	p. 417
Two Fast Techniques for Finding Small Cliques	p. 418
The Triangle Technique	p. 418
The Coloring Technique	p. 422
Implementation and Experimental Results	p. 424
Applying Node Grouping to Force-Directed Drawing	p. 425
Applying Node Grouping to Orthogonal Drawing	p. 429
Conclusions	p. 435
Acknowledgements	p. 436
References	p. 436
Index	p. 439
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