dc.contributorUniversidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)
dc.contributorUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-26T16:48:30Z
dc.date.available2018-11-26T16:48:30Z
dc.date.created2018-11-26T16:48:30Z
dc.date.issued2015-01-01
dc.identifier2015 12th International Conference On Information Technology - New Generations. New York: Ieee, p. 391-396, 2015.
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/161758
dc.identifier10.1109/ITNG.2015.69
dc.identifierWOS:000380407500065
dc.description.abstractIn the context of Software Maintenance, when a source code element must be changed, there is the need to identify if other elements will be affected by the change, in order to keep the code consistent. This identification is performed during the activity of change impact analysis. Aiming to support maintainers during this activity, software visualization tools allow a visual exploration of source code elements. In this paper, we present a study aimed at evaluating the support provided to change impact analysis by visual representations of Java program elements and their associations. To this end, we conducted a controlled experiment involving 24 undergraduate students, comparing the visual support approach and an ad hoc approach, where only the source code is analyzed to estimate impact change. Results showed that the effectiveness obtained by using the visual approach is significantly superior. This is an indication that visual support should be considered to change impact analysis aiming at reducing software maintenance costs.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherIeee
dc.relation2015 12th International Conference On Information Technology - New Generations
dc.rightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectSoftware Maintenance
dc.subjectProgram Comprehension
dc.subjectChange Impact Analysis
dc.subjectSoftware Visualization
dc.subjectControlled Experiment
dc.titleVisual approach for change impact analysis: a controlled experiment
dc.typeActas de congresos


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