
Generating Dependency Graphs for Impact Analysis in a Legacy System
Identifying Modifications and Generating Dependency Graphs for Impact Analysis in a Legacy Environment
Asif Iqbal(Author)
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Published on 6. January 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-3-8465-9618-0 (ISBN)
Description
Large enterprise level systems often have their own application software layer wrapped over large software tools or products from commercial vendors. From time to time, vendors release patches which update or enhance the products to meet various requirements. However, applying the patches often introduces risk that the wrapper software layer might behave incorrectly, especially if the customer has little knowledge of the linkage between the application layer and the vendor provided system (for example, because the application itself is a legacy system). So there is always the need for analyzing the impact of patches and reducing the risk in applying them. Impact analysis depends on two sources of knowledge -- the physical modifications made by a patch and a dependency graph of the entities in the system. This thesis provides an empirical approach to finding modifications and generating dependency graphs that can be used for impact analysis.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Germany
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
292 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8465-9618-0 (9783846596180)
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Asif Iqbal graduated with a Master's degree in Software Engineering in 2011 from McMaster Univerity, Hamilton, ON, Canada. This work is based on his master's thesis. Currently, he is working as a software engineer at MI9 Business Intelligence Systems Inc., Toronto, Canada.