Software Visualisation (Series on Software Engineering & Knowledge Engineering): 7 (Series On Software Engineering And Knowledge Engineering) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9810228260 ISBN 13: 9789810228262

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

The term “software visualisation” refers to the graphical display of characteristics and behaviour of all aspects of software: design and analysis methods, systems, programs and algorithms. The purpose of this book is to collect and compare different experiences of software visualisation both from fundamental and applied viewpoints.The book is divided into four parts, covering important aspects of software visualisation. Part 1 covers a survey on existing software visualisation tools and environments, the strategies for making a software visualisation system language independent, and program animation for C language. Part 2 presents topics and techniques on graph drawing, which supports efficient and aesthetically pleasing visualisation. Some recently developed graph drawing systems and techniques used are described. Part 3 discusses visual programming concepts and techniques for supporting parallel and heterogeneous distributed programming. Part 4 includes several case studies of software visualisation, concentrating on the broader field of software engineering ranging from software metrics to reverse engineering.

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Synopsis

The term "software visualization" refers to the graphical display of characteristics and behaviour of all aspects of computer software. This volume presents and compares different experiences of software visualization both from fundamental and applied viewpoints. The book is divided into four parts, covering important aspects of software visualization. Part 1 covers a survey of some existing software visualization environments, how to make a software visualization system language independent, and automatic animation techniques. Part 2 presents the advances in graph drawing, which support efficient and aesthetically pleasing visualizations. Part 3 discusses visual programming and transformation for parallel processing and for distributed systems, and visualization of parallel programmes. Part 4 includes some applications of software visualization, ranging from the modelling of flowcharts to the support of object-oriented systems.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9810228260
• ISBN 13: 9789810228262
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 284
• Editor: Eades Peter, Zhang Kang