Software Visualization: International Seminar Dagstuhl Castle, Germany, May 20–25, 2001 Revised Papers

Andreas Kerren, John T. Stasko (auth.), Stephan Diehl (eds.)3540433236, 9783540433231

This book presents the state of the art in software visualization and thus attempts to establish it as a field on its own. Based on a seminar held at Dagstuhl Castle in May 2001, the book offers topical sections on:
– algorithm animation
– software visualization and software engineering
– software visualization and education
– graphs in software visualization
– and perspectives of software visualization.
Each section starts with an introduction surveying previous and current work and providing extensive bibliographies.

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Table of contents :
Chapter 1 Algorithm Animation….Pages 1-15
Specifying Algorithm Visualizations: Interesting Events or State Mapping?….Pages 16-30
Perspectives on Program Animation with Jeliot….Pages 31-45
Animating Algorithms Live and Post Mortem….Pages 46-57
Visualising Objects: Abstraction, Encapsulation, Aliasing, and Ownership….Pages 58-72
Algorithm Animation Using Data Flow Tracing….Pages 73-87
GeoWin A Generic Tool for Interactive Visualization of Geometric Algorithms….Pages 88-100
Algorithm Animation Systems for Constrained Domains….Pages 101-112
Algorithm Animation for Teaching….Pages 113-128
Chapter 2 Software Engineering….Pages 129-137
Software Visualization for Reverse Engineering….Pages 138-150
Visualizing the Execution of Java Programs….Pages 151-162
JaVis: A UML-Based Visualization and Debugging Environment for Concurrent Java Programs….Pages 163-175
JAVAVIS: Automatic Program Visualization with Object and Sequence Diagrams Using the Java Debug Interface (JDI)….Pages 176-190
Visualizing Memory Graphs….Pages 191-204
Chapter 3 Software Visualization and Education….Pages 205-212
Structure and Constraints in Interactive Exploratory Algorithm Learning….Pages 213-226
A Language and System for Constructing and Presenting Low Fidelity Algorithm Visualizations….Pages 227-240
Towards a Taxonomy of Network Protocol Visualization Tools….Pages 241-255
Understanding Algorithms by Means of Visualized Path Testing….Pages 256-268
Hypertextbooks: Animated, Active Learning, Comprehensive Teaching and Learning Resources for the Web 1 ….Pages 269-283
Chapter 4 Graphs in Software Visualization….Pages 285-294
On the Visualization of Java Programs….Pages 295-306
Graph Drawing Algorithm Engineering with AGD….Pages 307-323
An Overview of the GXL Graph Exchange Language….Pages 324-336
Call Graph and Control Flow Graph Visualization for Developers of Embedded Applications….Pages 337-346
Chapter 5 Future Perspectives….Pages 347-353
Visualization for the Mind’s Eye….Pages 354-367
The rube Framework for Personalized 3-D Software Visualization….Pages 368-380
Algorithm Explanation: Visualizing Abstract States and Invariants….Pages 381-394
Visualisation and Debugging of Decentralised Information Ecosystems….Pages 395-403