The conference was held by ieee and hosted by zhejiang university. There are 3 types of software maintenance, namely bug fixing, modifying software to work in a new environment, and implementing new or changed requirements. Software evolution the process of developing a software product using software engineering principles and methods is referred to as software evolution. Saner 2020 27th ieee international conference on software analysis, evolution and reengineering. Software reengineering, evolution of software economics, software engineering and software reengineering, software engg models. After major empirical studies, lehman and belady proposed that there were a number.
Software evolution software engineering, sommerville, 10th edition. Software maintenance, reengineering and reverse engineering csmrwcre, software evolution week ieee conference on. Oct 10, 2014 the chapter introduces the concept of software reengineering based on three basic principles. This book gives an excellent overview of what is happening in software evolution research and where the practice of software evolution is heading. Oct 15, 2012 software reengineering is a costeffective option for software system evolution. Icsieacm, ei compendex, scopus 2020 2020 9th international conference on software and information. Software evolution cs 410510 software engineering class notes. The tool is textbased and hence language independent. Jun 10, 2008 changebased software evolution a changebased approach to software evolution, romain robbes, michele lanza, in entcs, vol. Software reengineering consists of a combination of many subprocesses. Practical importance of software evolution and maintenance, systematic defect analysis and debugging techniques, tracing and understanding large software, impact analysis, program migration and transformation, refactoring, tools for software evolution and maintenance, experimental studies and quantitative measurements of software evolution. Oct 22, 2018 evolution of business process reengineering bpr business process reengineering is the study and redesign of workflow within and between enterprises. Software reengineering software evolution in englischer sprache harry m. Apr 28, 2020 software reengineering, evolution of software economics, software engineering and software reengineering, software engg models.
And while code refactoring seems like something only developers can make use of, its ultimately a business decision. Examples include a new contribution on a specific reengineering topic, a survey paper of a software evolution related topic typically involves surveying 30 60 papers, or building a tool to support software evolution and reengineering. Fa kultat informatik, room inf e007 thursday, 27 june. After major empirical studies, lehman and belady proposed that there were a number of laws which applied to all systems as they evolved.
Dms has been used to implement a wide variety of practical tools, include domainspecific languages. Synopsis schedule of topics grading and deliverables paper list. Make program more modular reuse later on data reengineering. The 26th ieee international conference on software analysis, evolution and reengineering saner 2019 and related seminars were held in zhejiang university from february 24th to 27th, 2019. The software is modified to adapt it to changing customer and market requirement.
Software evolution is an important field for both software engineering practitioners and researchers. Software evolution michele lanza faculty of informatics university of lugano switzerland. Reengineering software evolution and maintenance wiley. Ieee agents in industry 2020 ieee jestie journal industrial agents. Software maintenance, reengineering and reverse engineering. Introduction to the special issue on software analysis. Legacy systems are old software systems which are essential for business process support. Software reengineering, software economics youtube. Designing for qualities such as performance, safety, security, reliability, reusability, etc. A spiral model of development and evolution represents how a software system. This paper evaluates the suitability of reuse candidates identified through the dominance relation approach and their ability to support the process of software evolution. Aug 27, 2019 reengineering is an important part of software evolution reengineering is almost inevitable if you want to significantly reduce maintenance costs for your legacy software, gain a competitive advantage with its extended reach and functionality as well as get a good ground for further modernization activities like moving software to the cloud and.
The venue also explores innovative methods of extraction for the many kinds of information of interest to software developers and examines. Software evolution ian sommerville 2004 software engineering, 7th edition. Organisational stability over a programs lifetime, its rate of development is approximately constant and independent of the resources. Software evolution definition introduction of software.
Their main goal is to ensure software is maintainable and useful throughout its lifetime. Software evolution is not likely to be darwinian, lamarckian or baldwinian, but an important phenomenon on its own. Dms has been used to implement a wide variety of practical. Chapter 9 software evolution 22 system reengineering restructuring or rewriting part or all of a legacy system without changing its functionality. Software systems, mircea lungu, michele lanza, in proceedings of csmr 2007 11th european conference on software maintenance and reengineering, pp. This 25th edition of the ieee international conference on software analysis, evolution and reengineering will be held at the university of molise in campobasso, march 2023, 2018.
Therefore a delivered system wont meet its requirements. The process of software evolution is driven by requests for changes and includes change impact analysis, release planning and change implementation. Finally, the work in the areas of software evolution and software reengineering is. The course introduces various principles of software reuse and reverse engineering techniques are presented and researched through research papers. This is an important topic of research that hasnt received much attention. An xml representation, namely srcml, is leveraged to manipulate and analyze source code in a lightweight manner. What is software engineering software evolution youtube. Reengineering software evolution and maintenance wiley online.
Internet resource, computer file, journal magazine newspaper. Software analysis, parsing, and fact extraction software reverse engineering and reengineering program comprehension software evolution analysis. Seven basic principles of reengineering to reduce costs of the work procedure and thereby accomplish substantial levels of business expansion in quality, time management, and price. The design and implementation is by michael ernst at the university of washington. Software reengineering systems, software and technology.
Software engineering electives and supplementary electives must be selected from the programapproved. This 26th edition of the ieee international conference on software analysis, evolution and reengineering will be held at zhejiang university in hangzhou, february 2427, 2019. Overview of software processes and software evolution springerlink. The dms software reengineering toolkit is a proprietary set of program transformation tools available for automating custom source program analysis, modification, translation or generation of software systems for arbitrary mixtures of source languages for large scale software systems. Lehmans laws, such as the notion that change is continuous, describe a number of insights derived from longterm studies of system evolution. Provides students and engineers with the fundamental developments and common practices of software evolution and maintenance software evolution and maintenance. Chapter 21 slide 2 objectives to explain why change is inevitable if software systems are to remain useful to discuss software maintenance and maintenance cost factors to describe the processes involved in software evolution to discuss an approach to assessing evolution strategies for legacy systems.
Investigating componentbased maintenance and the effect of software evolution. Saner 2020 27th ieee international conference on software analysis, evolution and reengineering ieee agents in industry 2020 ieee jestie journal industrial agents. Ian sommerville 2004 software engineering, 7th edition. System reengineering refers to restructuring or rewriting part or all of a legacy. Large program evolution program evolution is a selfregulating process. Icse 2021 43rd international conference on software engineering, 2329 may 2021. Saner joins the working conference on reverse engineering series, the premier conference series on the theory and practice of recovering information from existing software and systems, and the european conference on software maintenance and reengineering series, the premier conference series on the theory and practice of maintenance, reengineering, and evolution of software systems. The paper provides an overview of the dominance relation and how it is used to identify the reusable candidates. This special section features selected, extended papers from the 25th ieee international conference on software analysis, evolution and reengineering saner 2018, held in campobasso, italy, march 2023, 2018. It includes the initial development of software and its maintenance and updates, till desired software product is developed, which satisfies the. Companies rely on these systems so they must keep them in operation.
Software engineering iowa state university catalog. But in reality refactoring and reengineering are essential to software evolution and maintenance. Reverse engineering, reengineering and refactoring. Investigate the evolution of a software system to identify potential shortcomings in its architecture or logical structure structural shortcomings can the be subjected to reengineering or restructuring prerequisite. Startool is a reengineering tool based on star diagrams. A practitioners approach introduces readers to a set of wellrounded educational materials, covering the fundamental developments in software evolution and common maintenance practices in the industry. Measurement theory and appropriate use of metrics in design.
This 27th edition of the ieee international conference on software analysis, evolution and reengineering will be held at western university in london, ontario. A source code viewpoint is taken to support understanding, analysis, and transformation of large software systems undergoing evolution. Writing code is the heart of every developer task, from debugging and maintenance to creating brand new software. Investigating componentbased maintenance and the effect of. As software applications increase in size, grouping the application into smaller, more manageable components is often proposed as a means of assisting software maintenance activities. The topics of the submissions should be of direct interest to the software analysis, evolution, and reengineering community. Data reengineering is an expensive and time consuming process. Mar 10, 2014 software evolution and maintenance is a major part of the software development process.
Saner promotes discussion and interaction among researchers and practitioners about the development of maintainable systems, and the improvement, evolution, migration, and reengineering of existing systems. Furthermore, the basic concepts related to software evolution are discussed. Program evolution dynamics is the study of the processes of system change after major empirical studies, lehman and belady proposed that there were a number of. Program evolution dynamics is the study of the processes of system change. Aspect browser is a browsing and editing tool for assisting the evolution of crosscutting concerns, sometimes called aspects. Citeseerx reengineering support for software evolution. Summary this chapter introduces the concepts, processes, and techniques of software reengineering including the risks associated with it.
What is software engineering and software evolution definitions ieee defines software engineering as. In the software evolution process, three techniques are often considered. Pdf experience in teaching a software reengineering course. Data reengineering is different from software reengineering. Software reengineering is a costeffective option for software system evolution. The system requirements are likely to change while the system is being developed because the environment is changing.
For large scale software projects the maintenance costs are often much more than the development costs. This course explores the concepts of software evolution and reengineering and introduces approaches and support tools used to extract the information from existing software systems. Evolution of business process reengineering strategic. A star diagram can be built for all variables of a particular type or a single variable, the resulting tree can be trimmed, and branches and leaves can be annotated for future modifications. Software development laboratory research in software. A spiral model of development and evolution chapter 9 software evolution 5. What are the principal system reengineering activities. The 26th ieee international conference on software. Saner is the result of the merger of two conference series. Evolution of business process reengineering bpr business process reengineering is the study and redesign of workflow within and between enterprises.
Software engineering is the establishment and use of sound engineering principles in order to obtain economically software that is reliable and work efficiently on real machines. Investigating componentbased maintenance and the effect. Process reengineering is often a driver for software evolution as legacy systems may incorporate implicit dependencies on the existing processes. The chapter introduces the concept of software reengineering based on three basic principles. It includes the initial development of software and its maintenance and updates, till desired software product is developed, which satisfies the expected requirements. Computer software and applications conference, 1998. This 27th edition of the ieee international conference on software analysis, evolution and reengineering will be held at western university in london, ontario, february 1821, 2020.
The application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development. Software engineering s e iowa state university catalog. The process of developing a software product using software engineering principles and methods is referred to as software evolution. The dms software reengineering toolkit is a proprietary set of program transformation tools available for automating custom source program analysis, modification, translation or generation of software systems for arbitrary mixtures of source languages for large scale software systems usage. Basics of software evolution, reengineering, and reverse engineering. Concepts, technologies, and applications icse 2021 43rd international conference on software engineering, 2329 may 2021. System attributes such as size, time between releases and the number of reported errors is approximately invariant for each system release. The authors addressed several research challenges that software evolution presents and described. A special issue based on selection of best papers from saner 2018 will be published in springers journal of empirical software engineering emse. Software evolution and maintenance is a major part of the software development process. Giving the increasing dependence on software at all levels of society and economy, the successful evolution of software is becoming increasingly critical. Technology may change in the blink of an eye, but the basic job of a developer or software engineer remains the same. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to. It is a pleasure to introduce the papers in this special issue, featuring extended papers from the 24th ieee international conference on software analysis, evolution, and reengineering saner 2017.
Software evolution is the term used in software engineering specifically software maintenance to refer to the process of developing software initially, then repeatedly updating it for various reasons. Advantages of reengineering reduced risk there is a high risk in new software development. Jan 02, 2019 what is software engineering and software evolution definitions ieee defines software engineering as. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Daikon is a tool for analyzing data traces of programs and inferring likely invariants from them.