4. WCRE 1997: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Ira D. Baxter, Alex Quilici, Chris Verhoef (Eds.): 4th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering, WCRE '97, October 6-8, 1997, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. IEEE Computer Society Press, 1997, ISBN 0-8186-8162-4

Invited Lecture

Berndt Bellay, Harald Gall:
A Comparison of Four Reverse Engineering Tools. 2-11
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Margaret-Anne D. Storey, Kenny Wong, Hausi A. Müller:
How Do Program Understanding Tools Affect How Programmers Understand Programs? 12-
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Object and Module Identification

Theo Wiggerts, Hans Bosma, Erwin Fielt:
Scenarios for the Identification of Objects in Legacy Systems. 24-32
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T. A. Wiggerts:
Using Clustering Algorithms in Legacy Systems Remodularization. 33-43
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Kostas Kontogiannis:
Evaluation Experiments on the Detection of Programming Patterns Using Software Metrics. 44-
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Architectural Understanding

Dean F. Jerding, Spencer Rugaber:
Using Visualization for Architectural Localization and Extraction. 56-65
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Jean-Francois Girard, Rainer Koschke, Georg Schied:
Comparison of Abstract Data Type and Abstract State Encapsulation Detection Techniques for Architectural Understanding. 66-75
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Vassilios Tzerpos, Richard C. Holt:
The Orphan Adoption Problem in Architecture Maintenance. 76-
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Program Understanding and Scalability

Alyson A. Reeves, Judith D. Schlesinger:
JACKAL: A Hierarchical Approach to Program Understanding. 84-93
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Srinivas Palthepu, Jim E. Greer, Gordon I. McCalla:
Cliché Recognition in Legacy Software: A Scalable, Knowledge-Based Approach. 94-103
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Ira D. Baxter, Michael Mehlich:
Reverse Engineering is Reverse Forward Engineering. 104-113
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Alex Quilici, Steven Woods, Yongjun Zhang:
New Experiments with a Constraint-Based Approach to Program Plan Matching. 114-123
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Arie van Deursen, Steven Woods, Alex Quilici:
Program Plan Recognition for Year 2000 Tools. 124-
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Tool Support

T. Dean Hendrix, James H. Cross II, Larry A. Barowski, Karl S. Mathias:
Tool Support for Reverse Engineering Multi-Lingual Software. 136-143
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Mark van den Brand, M. P. A. Sellink, Chris Verhoef:
Generation of Components for Software Renovation Factories from Context-Free Grammars. 144-
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Domain-Oriented Reengineering

Melody M. Moore, Spencer Rugaber:
Domain Analysis for Transformational Reuse. 156-163
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Jean-Marc DeBaud:
DARE: Domain-Augmented ReEngineering. 164-
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Database Reverse Engineering

Michael R. Blaha:
Dimensions of Database Reverse Engineering. 176-183
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N. Mfourga:
Extracting Entity-Relationship Schemas from Relational Databases: A Form-Driven Approach. 184-193
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Jean-Luc Hainaut, Jean-Marc Hick, Jean Henrard, Didier Roland, Vincent Englebert:
Knowledge Transfer in Database Reverse Engineering: A Supporting Case Study. 194-
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Re-engineering

Harry M. Sneed:
Program Interface Reengineering for Wrapping. 206-214
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Elizabeth Burd, Malcolm Munro:
The Implications of Non-Functional Requirements for the Reengineering of Legacy Code. 215-
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Enabling Technologies

Francoise Balmas:
Toward a Framework for Conceptual and Formal Outlines of Programs. 226-235
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Alain April, Ettore Merlo, Alain Abran:
A Reverse Engineering Approach to Evaluate Function Point Rules. 236-246
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