Automated chunking to support program comprehension

22 November 2002

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

p. 40-49
https://doi.org/10.1109/wpc.1997.601262

Abstract

We report on a program comprehension support tool called the Chunker. It partitions code into abstractions called candidate chunks using data dependency analysis and a set of heuristics. The candidate chunks can be mapped to programming and problem domain concepts by a software engineer and are useful for building mental models during comprehension. We describe the implementation of the Chunker, performance issues, and plans for tool enhancement.

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