Abstract
Software architecture is receiving increasing attention as a critical level for software systems. As software architecture design resources (in the form of architectural specifications) are going to be accumulated, the development of techniques and tools to support architectural understanding, testing, reengineering, maintenance, and reuse will become an important issue. This paper introduces a new form of slicing, named architectural slicing, to aid architectural understanding and reuse. In contrast to traditional slicing, architectural slicing is designed to operate on the architectural specification of a software system, rather than the source code of a program. Architectural slicing provides knowledge about the high-level structure of a software system, rather than the low-level implementation details of a program. In order to compute an architectural slice, we present the architecture information flow graph which can be used to represent information flows in a software architecture. Based on the graph, we give a two-phase algorithm to compute an architectural slice.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings - 4th IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS 1998 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 87-98 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 0818685972 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jan 1 1998 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 4th IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS 1998 - Monterey, United States Duration: Aug 10 1998 → Aug 14 1998 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS |
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Other
| Other | 4th IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS 1998 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | Monterey |
| Period | 8/10/98 → 8/14/98 |
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Hardware and Architecture
- Computer Networks and Communications
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Applying slicing technique to software architectures. / Zhao, Jianjun.
Proceedings - 4th IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS 1998. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 1998. p. 87-98 (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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