Visualizing metrics on areas of interest in software architecture diagrams

We present a new method for the combined visualization of software architecture diagrams, such as UML class diagrams or component diagrams, and software metrics defined on groups of diagram elements. Our method extends an existing rendering technique for the so-called areas of interest in system arc...

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Published in:2009 IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium pp. 33 - 40
Main Authors: Byelas, H., Telea, A.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: IEEE 01.04.2009
Subjects:
Computer architecture
D.2.2 [Design tools and techniques]: Modules and interfaces-Computer-aided software engineering
Graphics
I.3.4 [Graphics Utilities]: Graphics editors-Paint systems
Mathematics
Process design
Rendering (computer graphics)
Software architecture
Software engineering
Software metrics
Unified modeling language
Visualization
ISBN:1424444047, 9781424444045
ISSN:2165-8765
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Summary:We present a new method for the combined visualization of software architecture diagrams, such as UML class diagrams or component diagrams, and software metrics defined on groups of diagram elements. Our method extends an existing rendering technique for the so-called areas of interest in system architecture diagrams to visualize several metrics, possibly having missing values, defined on overlapping areas of interest. For this, we use a solution that combines texturing, blending, and smooth scattered-data point interpolation. Our new method simplifies the task of visually correlating the distribution and outlier values of a multivariate metric dataset with a system's structure. We demonstrate the application of our method on component and class diagrams extracted from real-world systems.
ISBN:1424444047
9781424444045
ISSN:2165-8765
DOI:10.1109/PACIFICVIS.2009.4906835