a change proposal driven approach for changeability assessment using fca-based impact analysis

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	a change proposal driven approach for changeability assessment using fca-based impact analysis
	Sun Xiaobing; Li Bixin; Zhang Qiandong
	2012
会议名称	36th IEEE Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2012
会议录名称	Proceedings - International Computer Software and Applications Conference
页码	328-333
会议日期	July 16, 2012 - July 20, 2012
会议地点	Izmir, Turkey
收录类别	EI
ISSN	0730-3157
ISBN	9780769547367
部门归属	(1) School of Computer Science and Engineering Southeast University Nanjing China; (2) State Key Laboratory of Computer Science Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Software China
摘要	Given a change proposal, how can we evaluate the changeability of the original system to absorb this change proposal before change implementation? Changes to software often have unexpected ripple effects. To avoid this and alleviate the risk of performing undesirable changes, a predictive measurement of these ripple effects should be conducted and a decision of acceptance or rejection should be made on this change proposal. In this paper, we propose an approach to evaluate a software system's changeability with two steps. First, our approach uses formal concept analysis to perform change impact analysis, which estimates the ripple effects of the change proposal. Then, we propose a novel impactness metric to indicate the system's changeability to absorb this change proposal. Case studies on three real-world programs show the effectiveness of our changeability assessment approach. © 2012 IEEE.; Given a change proposal, how can we evaluate the changeability of the original system to absorb this change proposal before change implementation? Changes to software often have unexpected ripple effects. To avoid this and alleviate the risk of performing undesirable changes, a predictive measurement of these ripple effects should be conducted and a decision of acceptance or rejection should be made on this change proposal. In this paper, we propose an approach to evaluate a software system's changeability with two steps. First, our approach uses formal concept analysis to perform change impact analysis, which estimates the ripple effects of the change proposal. Then, we propose a novel impactness metric to indicate the system's changeability to absorb this change proposal. Case studies on three real-world programs show the effectiveness of our changeability assessment approach. © 2012 IEEE.
关键词	Information Analysis
主办者	IEEE; IEEE Computer Society
语种	英语
内容类型	会议论文
URI标识	http://ir.iscas.ac.cn/handle/311060/15811
专题	中国科学院软件研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sun Xiaobing,Li Bixin,Zhang Qiandong. a change proposal driven approach for changeability assessment using fca-based impact analysis[C],2012:328-333.