Title
Analyzing the reliability of communication between software entities using a 3D visualization of clustered graphs
Abstract
Modern software systems are typically composed of a large number of components, and more and more functionality is realized through the communication between these components. In this paper, we present an approach that enables assessing the reliability of the components and the communication between them. A protocol for testing the communication is presented and applied to several systems. After the execution of this protocol, an error rate is known for each component and each communication link of the system. This information is transformed into a graph containing the information about the components and their known communication relations. Finally, these graphs are analyzed using a 3D visualization based on a clustered force-directed layout. Major benefits of this approach include a method for assessing the reliability of components that are not directly accessible and a visualization that optimally supports the analysis of graphs in this application domain.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1145/1409720.1409728
SOFTVIS
Keywords
Field
DocType
application domain,modern software system,software entity,major benefit,error rate,large number,known communication relation,force-directed layout,communication link,3d visualization,software analysis,software visualization,software systems
Graph,Computer science,Software analysis pattern,Visualization,Word error rate,Theoretical computer science,Software system,Software,Application domain,Software visualization,Distributed computing
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.43
18
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
D. Zeckzer170.87
R. Kalcklösch230.43
L. Schröder330.43
H. Hagen417211.14
T. Klein530.43