HyFor - Uma ferramenta de apoio a manutenção de software científico

Abstract

There is a great amount of scientific software developed by engineers and non-specialized technicians being used on companies, especially engineering companies. The great majority of this software was built without applying any software engineering techniques and has a minimum documentation, causing an increasing cost of maintenance. A special environment designed specially for achieving higher productivity on the maintenance of this type of software is described in this article. The hypertext paradigm and the association of quality evaluation reports are the major aspects of this environment.