Title
Specification-based program slicing and its applications
Abstract
More precise program slices could be obtained by considering the semantic relations between variables of interest. In this paper, we present specification-based slicing that allows a better decomposition of the program by taking a specification as its slicing criterion. A specification-based slice consists of a subset of program statements which preserve the behavior and the correctness of the original program with respect to a specification given by a pre–postcondition pair. Because specification-based slicing enables one to focus attention on only those program statements which realize the functional abstraction specified by the given specification, it can be widely used in many software engineering areas. In order to investigate its possible applications, we show how specification-based slicing can improve the process for extracting reusable functions from existing programs and restructuring complex programs for better maintainability.
Year
DOI
Venue
2001
10.1016/S1383-7621(01)00003-0
Journal of Systems Architecture
Keywords
Field
DocType
specification-based program,program slicing,restructuring,software engineering,software reuse
Program slicing,Knowledge representation and reasoning,Programming language,Computer science,Correctness,Slicing,Language Of Temporal Ordering Specification,Program derivation,Semantics,Maintainability
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
47
5
Journal of Systems Architecture
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.48
10
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wan Kwon Lee160.48
In Sang Chung2646.76
Gwang Sik Yoon381.20
Yong Rae Kwon4103150.37