软件演化过程建模

Preface ix

List of Figures and Tables

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1 Introduction

.1 Motivation

1.2 Contributions

1.3 Research Methods

1.4 Success Criteria

1.5 Validation Methods

1.6 Outline

References

2 Overview of Software Processes and Software Evolution 8

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Software Processes

2.2.1 Concepts of Software Process

2.2.2 Software Process Modelling and Descriptions

2.2.3 Software Process Modelling and Description Languages

2.2.4 Software Process Improvement and CMM

2.2.5 Software Process Reuse

2.2.6 Process-Centred Software Engineering Environments

2.3 Software Evolution

2.3.1 Concepts of Software Evolution

2.3.2 Software Reengineering

2.3.3 Software Evolution

2.4 Summary

References

3 Related Work

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Software Evolution Process

3.3 Concurrency in the Software Life Cycle

3.4 Petri Nets

3.5 Dependence Analysis

3.6 Formal Functional Decomposition

3.7 Summary

References

4 Software Evolution Process Meta-Model EPMM

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Properties of Software Evolution Processes

4.3 Iteration in Software Evolution Processes

4.4 Concurrency in Software Evolution Processes

4.4.1 Version Concurrency

4.4.2 Process Concurrency

4.4.3 Sub-Process Concurrency

4.4.4 Phase Concurrency

4.4.5 Activity Concurrency

4.4.6 Task Concurrency

4.5 Static Component Definitions of EPMM

4.5.1 Task

4.5.2 Activity

4.5.3 Software Process

4.5.4 Example： Prototype Evolution Process Model

4.5.5 Global Model

4.6 Dynamic Component Definitions of EPMM

4.7 Supports for Software Evolution Processes

4.8 Summary

References

5 Software Evolution Process Description Language EPDL

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Survey of EPDL

5.2.1 Design Goals

5.2.2 Characteristics

5.2.3 Program Structure

5.3 Task

5.4 Activity

5.5 Software Process

5.6 Global Model

5.7 EPDL Program

5.8 Example

5.9 Summary

References

6 Framework of Software Evolution Processes

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Framework of Software Evolution Processes

6.3 Steps for Modelling Software Evolution Processes

6.4 Designing Global Models

6.5 Evolution Process Descriptions

6.6 Summary

References

7 Designing Processes and Activities

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Designing Processes

7.2.1 Basic Blocks

7.2.2 Software Process Package

7.2.3 Procedure for Modelling Processes

7.3 Designing Activities

7.4 Reuse of Software Evolution Processes

7.4.1 Reuse by Inheritance

7.4.2 Reuse of Basic Blocks

7.4.3 Reuse of Process Packages

7.5 Summary

References

8 Designing Tasks

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Procedure of Designing Tasks

8.3 Structures of Functional Decomposition

8.4 Decomposition Rules

8.4.1 Sequence Decomposition

8.4.2 Selection Decomposition

8.4.3 Repetition Decomposition

8.5 Structure of the Knowledge Base

8.5.1 The Case Base

8.5.2 The Segment Base

8.5.3 The Rule Base

8.6 Decomposition

8.6.1 The Decomposition Tree

8.6.2 Match Between Two 2-Assertions

8.6.3 The Decomposition Process

8.6.4 Supports by Modellers

8.7 Summary

References

9 Efficiency Improvement of the Software Evolution Processes

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Procedure of Efficiency Improvement

9.3 Dependence Analysis Between Entities

9.3.1 Constructing a Dependence Graph

9.3.2 Localising Dependences

9.4 Reconstructing Process Segments

9.4.1 Preprocessing an ADG

9.4.2 Transformation Rules

9.4.3 Transformation Algorithm

9.4.4 Examples

9.5 Capturing Concurrency within an Activity

9.6 Analysing Dependences Between Partition Blocks

9.7 Extending Concurrency

9.8 Reconstructing Software Processes

9.9 Summary

References

10 Support Environment EPT

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Architecture of EPT

10.3 File Depository

10.3.1 Data Structures of EPDL Object Codes

10.3.2 Other Data Structures

10.4 Process Server

10.4.1 Modelling Manager

10.4.2 EPDL Compiler

10.4.3 Runtime Manager

10.5 User Interface and Message Server

10.6 Summary

References

11 Case Studies

11.1 Introduction

11.2 First Case Study： The Waterfall Model

11.3 Second Case Study： Three Software Processes Involved in Evolution

11.4 Third Case Study： An Evolution Process of an Information Security System

11.4.1 Background

11.4.2 The Process of Modelling

11.4.3 EPDL Program

11.4.4 White Box Approach

11.4.5 Black Box Approach

11.4.6 Efficiency Improvement

11.5 Fourth Case Study： The Maintenance Process of ISO/IEC 12207

11.5.1 Background

11.5.2 EPDL Program

11.5.3 Activity： Process Implementation

11.5.4 Activity： Problem and Modification Analysis

11.5.5 Activity： Modification Implementation

11.5.6 Activity： Maintenance Review/Acceptance

11.5.7 Activity： Migration

11.5.8 Activity： Software Retirement

11.6 Summary

References

12 Conclusions

12.1 Success Criteria Revisited

12.2 Evaluations

12.2.1 Comparison with Osterweils Approach

12.2.2 Comparison with Lehmans Approach

12.2.3 Evaluations

12.3 Summary

12.4 Future Work

12.4.1 Limitations

12.4.2 Directions for Future Work

References

Index

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