Enriching module dependency graphs for improved software clustering
by Harleen Kaur; Geeta Sikka
International Journal of System of Systems Engineering (IJSSE), Vol. 12, No. 1, 2022

Abstract: The requirements for systems change over time and as the software systems evolve their designs degenerate, necessitating the restructuring of system to recoup with the apprehension that was lost. Without complete cognizance of a software system, a software maintainer may find it difficult to modify the system. Reverse engineering process starts with an analysis phase where a system is analysed by extracting its structure using automated tools. Understanding the system structure is crucial for developers before making an attempt to modify it. The discovered structure can be viewed as a directed module dependency graph (MDG). In this paper we enrich the MDG for a better understanding of the system structure by assigning different weights to different kinds of code dependencies. To each kind of coupling relation distinctive weights are assigned. A naive function has been defined to generate weighted MDG's.

Online publication date: Wed, 08-Jun-2022

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