Business rule extraction from legacy code

H. Huang, W. T. Tsai, S. Bhattacharya, X. P. Chen, Y. Wang, J. Sun

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Abstract

Business rules are operational rules that business organizations follow to perform various activities. Over time, business rules evolve and the software that implemented them are also changed. As the encompassing software becomes large and aged, the business rules embedded are difficult to extract and understand. Furthermore, the encompassing software is changed without changing the corresponding documents, and thus often the business organization trust the code more than any other documents. It is possible to use a generic tool to extract business rules, however this can be an expensive exercise. This paper proposes a tailored solution approach to the business rule extraction problem, which combines variable classifications, program slicing, and hierarchical abstraction among other maintenance techniques. The proposed approach has been implemented as a system and successfully experimented with a number of industrial programs. The prototype has been demonstrated at several industrial software maintenance sites since June 1995.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - IEEE Computer Society's International Computer Software & Applications Conference
PublisherIEEE
Pages162-167
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 1996
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the 1996 IEEE 20th Annual International Computer Software & Applications Conference, COMPSAC'96 - Seoul, S Korea
Duration: Aug 21 1996Aug 23 1996

Other

OtherProceedings of the 1996 IEEE 20th Annual International Computer Software & Applications Conference, COMPSAC'96
CitySeoul, S Korea
Period8/21/968/23/96

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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