Lightweight Structured Visualization of Assembler Control Flow Based on Regular Expressions

Toprak, Sibel; Wichmann, Arne; Schupp, Sibylle

doi:10.1109/vissoft.2014.25

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“…It supports the visualization of transition systems that model the behavior of a software. SIFEI [52] and xViZiT [53] focus on the visualization of spreadsheets, whereas regVis [54] deals with the visualization of assembler control-flow based on regular expressions. Method Execution Reports [55] embed word-size graphics in reports of method executions.…”

Section: A Software Visualization Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

VISON: An Ontology-Based Approach for Software Visualization Tool Discoverability

Merino

Kozlova

Nierstrasz

et al. 2019

2019 Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT)

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Although many tools have been presented in the research literature of software visualization, there is little evidence of their adoption. To choose a suitable visualization tool, practitioners need to analyze various characteristics of tools such as their supported software concerns and level of maturity. Indeed, some tools can be prototypes for which the lifespan is expected to be short, whereas others can be fairly mature products that are maintained for a longer time. Although such characteristics are often described in papers, we conjecture that practitioners willing to adopt software visualizations require additional support to discover suitable visualization tools. In this paper, we elaborate on our efforts to provide such support. To this end, we systematically analyzed research papers in the literature of software visualization and curated a catalog of 70 available tools that employ various visualization techniques to support the analysis of multiple software concerns. We further encapsulate these characteristics in an ontology. VISON, our software visualization ontology, captures these semantics as concepts and relationships. We report on early results of usage scenarios that demonstrate how the ontology can support (i) developers to find suitable tools for particular development concerns, and (ii) researchers who propose new software visualization tools to identify a baseline tool for a controlled experiment. arXiv:1908.04090v1 [cs.SE] 12 Aug 2019Step 2. Consider reusing existing ontologies. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first ontology of software visualizations.Step 3. Enumerate important terms in the ontology. We include the characteristics of software visualization and their evaluations, as well as the classifications presented in previous studies [6], [7].

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Section: A Software Visualization Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

VISON: An Ontology-Based Approach for Software Visualization Tool Discoverability

Merino

Kozlova

Nierstrasz

et al. 2019

2019 Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT)

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“…Toprak et al [TWS14] use a linear layout of aggregated basic blocks formed by converting the graph to a regular expression. Their visualization is for single function CFGs, while ours are interprocedural.…”

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CFGExplorer: Designing a Visual Control Flow Analytics System around Basic Program Analysis Operations

Devkota

Isaacs

2018

Computer Graphics Forum

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Figure 1: CFGExplorer helps researchers analyze programs and correlate control flow (a) and trace data (b). We designed a domain-specific layout approach to elucidate loop structure (orange). Users can animate execution using the linked blue gradient (c). AbstractTo develop new compilation and optimization techniques, computer scientists frequently consult program analysis artifacts such as control flow graphs (CFGs) and traces of executed instructions. A CFG is a directed graph representing possible execution paths in a program. CFGs are commonly visualized as node-link diagrams while traces are commonly viewed in raw text format. Visualizing and exploring CFGs and traces is challenging because of the complexity and specificity of the operations researchers perform. We present a design study where we collaborate with computer scientists researching dynamic binary analysis and compilation techniques. The research group primarily employs CFGs and traces to reason about and develop new algorithms for program optimization and parallelization. Through questionnaires, interviews, and a year-long observation, we analyzed their use of visualization, noting that the tasks they perform match common subroutines they employ in their techniques. Based on this task analysis, we designed CFGExplorer, a visual analytics system that supports computer scientists with interactions that are integrated with the program structure. We developed a domain-specific graph modification to generate graph layouts that reflect program structure. CFGExplorer incorporates structures such as functions and loops, and uses the correspondence between CFGs and traces to support navigation. We further augment the system to highlight the output of program analysis techniques, facilitating exploration at a higher level. We evaluate the tool through guided sessions and semi-structured interviews as well as deployment. Our collaborators have integrated CFGExplorer into their workflow and use it to reason about programs, develop and debug new algorithms, and share their findings.

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A systematic literature review of modern software visualization

Chotisarn

Merino

et al. 2020

J Vis

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Lightweight Structured Visualization of Assembler Control Flow Based on Regular Expressions

Cited by 5 publications

References 11 publications

VISON: An Ontology-Based Approach for Software Visualization Tool Discoverability

VISON: An Ontology-Based Approach for Software Visualization Tool Discoverability

CFGExplorer: Designing a Visual Control Flow Analytics System around Basic Program Analysis Operations

A systematic literature review of modern software visualization

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