A unified framework for expressing software subsystem classification techniques

Using Cluster Analysis to Improve the Design of Component Interfaces

“…Many of these revolve around the problem of remodularizing legacy systems [13,16,3,4]. A unifying framework discussing various subsystem classification techniques is discussed by Lakhotia [9].…”

Exploring software systems

“…[CCM96, LW90, OT93, Sch91]. A unifying framework discussing such subsystem classification techniques is provided by Lakhotia [Lak97].…”

“…A typical route is to use subsystem classification techniques [Lak97) for that purpose, which aim at decomposing a large system into, potentially reusable, components or classes. This is generally by applying a numerical clustering algorithm to group syntactic units based on various interconnection relations.…”

“…• We are working on applying type inferencing to component extraction, following [Lak97,DK98]. 4 • Extension to new languages, most notably Fortran and IBM 370 assembler.…”

Identifying objects using cluster and concept analysis

“…[16,13,3,17]. A unifying framework discussing such subsystem classification techniques is provided by Lakhotia [11]. Unfortunately, many of these approaches rely on features such as scope rules, return types, and parameter passing, available in languages like Pascal, C, or Fortran.…”