Using graph rewriting to specify software architectural transformations

Fahmy, Hoda; Holt, Richard C.

doi:10.1109/ase.2000.873663

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“…The ATG provides formal semantics to allow efficient searching and formal analysis of log data. Regarding the granularity of architectural changes a unified representation for architectural evolution views is lacking [13] that satisfies all stakeholder perspectives. A software developer might be more interested in analysing the modification of a specific operation signature, while an architect would be exclusively concerned with affected component-level interconnections.…”

Section: Graph-based Modeling Of Changesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Graph-based implicit knowledge discovery from architecture change logs

Ahmad

Jamshidi

Arshad

et al. 2012

Proceedings of the WICSA/ECSA 2012 Companion Volume

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Service architectures continuously evolve as a consequence of frequent business and technical change cycles. Architecture change log data represents a source of evolution-centric information in terms of intent, scope and operationalisation to accommodate changing requirements in existing architecture. We investigate change logs in order to analyse operational representation of architecture change instances to discover an implicit evolution-centric knowledge that have been aggregating over time. Change instances from the log are formalised as a typed attributed graph with its node and edge attribution capturing change representation on architecture elements. We exploit graph matching as a knowledge discovery technique in order to i) analyse change operationalisation and its dependencies for ii) discovering recurrent change sequences in the log. We identify potentially reusable, usage-determined change patterns.

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Section: Graph-based Modeling Of Changesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Graph-based implicit knowledge discovery from architecture change logs

Ahmad

Jamshidi

Arshad

et al. 2012

Proceedings of the WICSA/ECSA 2012 Companion Volume

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“…Several other works do address the transformation of software systems. However, they consider single-product architectures [14], simple graphs [15], or the level of source code [16]. The language migration process used by Terekhov and Verhoef [16] is particularly interesting.…”

Section: Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Model-Driven Evolution of Software Architectures

Graaf

2007

11th European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering (CSMR'07)

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This paper gives an overview of a Ph.D.-project that investigates approaches to support the evolution of software architectures. Particularly, we focus on the use of model-driven techniques in the context of software product-lines. We recognise four tasks related to software evolution: evaluation, conformance checking, migration, and documentation. We propose model-driven solutions for these tasks. By their application in industrial case studies we investigate the extent to which the evolution tasks can be automated, the impact of the use of software product lines, and the possibilities and difficulties to integrate these solutions in industrial practice.

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“…Fahmy and Holt [16,17] discuss several types of generic architecture transformations that can be viewed as graph transformations. In this paper we consider domain-specific transformations on architecture views that are more complex than typed graphs.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%