Applying slicing technique to software architectures

Jianjun Zhao

doi:10.1109/ICECCS.1998.706659

Applying slicing technique to software architectures

Jianjun Zhao

Advanced Software Engineering

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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
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
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICECCS.1998.706659
Publication status	Published - 1998
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

Other

Other	4th IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS 1998
Country	United States
City	Monterey
Period	8/10/98 → 8/14/98

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Hardware and Architecture
Computer Networks and Communications

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Zhao, J. (1998). Applying slicing technique to software architectures. In Proceedings - 4th IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS 1998 (pp. 87-98). (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICECCS.1998.706659

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

Zhao, J 1998, Applying slicing technique to software architectures. in Proceedings - 4th IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS 1998. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 87-98, 4th IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS 1998, Monterey, United States, 8/10/98. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICECCS.1998.706659

Zhao J. Applying slicing technique to software architectures. In 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). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICECCS.1998.706659

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