Automated support for distributed software design

Ng, K.; Kramer, Jeff

doi:10.1109/case.1995.465296

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“…The importance of a hierarchical approach to the visualization of software architecture has been underlined also by Kramer and Ng in the implementation of the Software Architect Assistant [13].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is worth noticing that system level diagrams in our user interface usually represent generic architectures, concept introduced by Kramer and Ng in [13]. What is shown in a system vaew is a static view of a system's architecture, that is instantiated into a particular run-time system architecture.…”

Section: User Interfacementioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is our belief that the proper visualization of such kind of infomation is hardly feasible without a certain degree of user interaction. We advocate an assisted approach to diagram layout, such as the one presented in [13], where support tools, like the magnet tool, allow the user to easily specify the placement of graph nodes.…”

Section: Visualizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A cliche-based environment to support architectural reverse engineering

Fiutem¹,

Tonella²,

Anteniol³

et al.

Proceedings of WCRE '96: 4rd Working Conference on Reverse Engineering

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When programmers perform maintenance tasks, program understanding is required. One of the first activities in understanding a software system as identifying its subsystems and their relations, i.e. its,software architecture. Since a large part of the effort is spent in creating a mental model of the system under study, tools can help maintainers in managing the euolution of legacy systems, by showing them architectural information.In this paper, an environment for the architectural analysis of software systems as described. The enuironment is based on a hierarchical architectural model that drives the application of a set of recognizers, each producing a different architectural view of the system or of some of its parts. Recognizers embody knowledge about architectural clichks and use flow analysis techniques to make their output more accurate. SockCliSerConnector Domrun NET " I n m T STREAM STREAM Server MSERVER Chum MANDEL umu Address 3wO Address 3wO

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: User Interfacementioning

confidence: 99%

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A cliche-based environment to support architectural reverse engineering

Fiutem¹,

Tonella²,

Anteniol³

et al.

Proceedings of WCRE '96: 4rd Working Conference on Reverse Engineering

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“…Darwin is also a configuration language for the Regis [15] distributed programming environment and they are also currently investigating the use of labeled transition systems for reasoning about the behaviour of Darwinstructured programs [16]. The Software Architect's Assistant [17] is a case tool for the Regis programming environment which does not yet support automated formal analysis and verification of design.…”

Section: Comparisons With Other Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

PARSE-DAT: an integrated environment for the design and analysis of dynamic software architectures

Liu

Gorton²

Proceedings International Symposium on Software Engineering for Parallel and Distributed Systems

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Robust distributed software infrastructures such as DCE and CORBA are becoming widely used to aid in building complex distributed systems. However, the engineering of distributed software is a difficult task since there are many concurrency and correctness issues that need to be considered. PARSE-DAT (PARallel Software Engineering -Design Analysis Tool) is an integrated environment that enables the design and analysis of dynamic software architectures. Architects construct software architectures using a set of well-defined graphical notation called Dynamic PARSE Process Graph Notation (Dynamic PARSE-PGN) in the graph editing environment (PARSE-DT). These software designs can then be translated into the corresponding π-Calculus model, and subsequently analysed for structural deadlock in the analysis/verification environment (PARSE-AT). This paper firstly presents the Dynamic PARSE design notation and methodology, followed by the PARSE-DAT environment. A sample design constructed and formally analysed in PARSE-DAT is also presented.

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“…A user interface was therefore developed which permits workflow specification, workflow enactment and monitoring. The user interface follows a similar approach to that used in component environments such as Darwin [14] and in many respects it was designed to resemble an Integrated Development Environment. The hierarchical language data structure allows to maintain a tight integration between the graphical specification and its XML textual description, thus allowing knowledgeable users to manipulate text directly.…”

Section: The User Interfacementioning

confidence: 99%