SRE: A Knowledge-based Environment For Large-scale Software Re-engineering Activities

24 August 2005

conference paper
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

p. 113-122
https://doi.org/10.1109/icse.1989.714404

Abstract

In this paper, we address issues related to the reengineering of large-scale software systems. The key to the software re-engineering activity is the ability to recover (re-engineer) "lost" or otherwise unavailable information concerning specification and system design decisions from the information available in the existing system source code. Subsequently, a forward engineering step may reimplement and possibly upgrade the existing systems. This paper describes the underlying princi- ples of a knowlkige-based Software Re-engineering Environment (SRE) which is intended to provide high-level support to various software maintenance and re-engineering activities.

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