Splitting a Large Software Archive for Easing Future Software Evolution: An Industrial Experience Report using Formal Concept Analysis

Title

Splitting a Large Software Archive for Easing Future Software Evolution: An Industrial Experience Report using Formal Concept Analysis

 Author

Glorie, M.
Zaidman, A.E.
Hofland, L.
Van Deursen, A.

Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

 Department

Software Computer Technology

 Date

2008-12-31

 Abstract

Preprint of paper published in: CSMR 2008 - 12th European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, 1-4 April 2008; doi:10.1109/CSMR.2008.4493310 Philips medical systems produces medical diagnostic imaging products, such as MR, X-ray and CT scanners. The software of these devices is complex, has been evolving for several decades and is currently a multi-MLOC monolithic software archive. In this paper we report on splitting a single software archive into multiple smaller archives so that these can be developed independently, easing the software's evolution. To determine how to split such a single software archive we use formal concept analysis. Because of the sheer size of the monolithic software archive, we also propose to use a 'leveled approach'. This leveled approach implies that the analysis technique is applied in several iterations, whereby in some iterations only part of the application is subjected to the analysis technique. We conclude this paper with an evaluation of the used analysis method in this industrial context.

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 Publisher

Delft University of Technology, Software Engineering Research Group

 ISSN

1872-5392

 Source

Technical Report Series TUD-SERG-2008-004

 Part of collection

Institutional Repository

 Document type

report

 Rights

(c) 2008 The Author(s)
IEEE
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