Paper Info
Title
Query Technologies and Applications for Program Comprehension (QTAPC 2008)
Abstract
Industrial software systems are large and complex, both in terms of the software entities and their relationships. Consequently, understanding how a software system works requires the ability to pose queries over the design-level entities of the system. Traditionally, this task has been supported by simple tools (e.g., grep) combined with the programmer's intuition and experience. Recently, however, specialized code query technologies have matured to the point where they can be used in industrial situations, providing more intelligent, timely, and efficient responses to developer queries. This working session aims to explore the state of the art in code query technologies, and discover new ways in which these technologies may be useful in program comprehension. The session brings together researchers and practitioners. We survey existing techniques and applications, trying to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches, and sketch out new frontiers that hold promise.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1109/ICPC.2008.27
ICPC
Keywords
Field
DocType
industrial software system,query technologies,software system work,specialized code query technology,software entity,working session,industrial situation,code query technology,new frontier,program comprehension,new way,developer query,visualization,computer bugs,databases,software engineering,application software,software quality,quality assurance,database languages,software systems,industrial relations
Data science,Query language,Programmer,Software engineering,Systems engineering,Computer science,Software bug,Software system,Software,Program comprehension,Software quality,Application software
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1092-8138
7
0.72
References 
Authors
15
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mathieu Verbaere128614.71
Michael W. Godfrey21744132.59
Tudor Girba372940.01