Engineering Application of Reverse Engineering Technology

Understanding Software Systems Using Reverse Engineering Technology

Software engineering research has focused primarily on software construction, neglecting software maintenance and evolution. Observed is a shift in research from synthesis to analysis. The process of reverse engineering is introduced as an aid in program understanding. This process is concerned with the analysis of existing software systems to make them more understandable for maintenance, re-e...

Management decision support through reverse engineering technology

Managers of large software systems face enormous challenges when it comes to making informed project-related decisions. They require a high-level understanding of the entire system and in-depth information on selected components. Unfortunately, many software systems are so complex and/or old that such information is not readily available. Reverse engineering|the process of extracting system abs...

Technology Briefing Report for Reverse Engineering

Application of Eves to Reverse Engineering Software

Reverse Engineering is Reverse Forward Engineering

Reverse Engineering is focused on the challenging task of understanding legacy program code without having suitable documentation. Using a transformational forward engineering perspective, we gain the insight that much of this difficulty is caused by design decisions made during system development. Such decisions “hide” the program functionality and performance requirements in the final system ...