Abstract
In this paper, an integrated LifeCycle model is presented for use in a software maintenance environment. This model, which represents information about the development and maintenance of software systems, emphasizing relationships between different phases of the software life cycle, provides the basis for automated tools to assist maintenance personnel in making changes to existing software systems. This model is independent of particular specification, design and programming languages because it represents only certain “basic” semantic properties of software systems: control flow, data flow, and data structure. The software development processes by which one phase of the software life cycle is derived from another are represented by graph rewriting rules, which indicate how various components of a software system have been implemented. This approach permits analysis of the basic properties of a software system throughout the software life cycle. Examples are given to illustrate the integrated software LifeCycle model during evolution.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1128-1144 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1988 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Graph rewriting systems
- program model
- software evolution
- software life cycle
- software maintenance
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software