On visualization and comprehension of scenario-based programs

Nir Eitan; Michal Gordon; David Harel; Assaf Marron; Gera Weiss

doi:10.1109/ICPC.2011.10

On visualization and comprehension of scenario-based programs

Nir Eitan
, Michal Gordon
, David Harel
, Assaf Marron
, Gera Weiss

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Abstract

We address the problem of comprehending cause and effect relationships between relatively independent behavior components of a single application. Our focus is on the paradigm of behavioral, scenario-based, programming, as captured by the language of live sequence charts (LSC) or its Java-based counterpart, BPJ. In this programming paradigm, multi-modal behaviors can be specified separately, and are integrated only at run time. We present a tool, with which the user can easily follow the decisions of the collective execution mechanism. It shows the behaviors and events that were executed at each point in time, and those that were delayed or abandoned, as well as the causes and reasons behind these run-time choices. The dynamic effects of such decisions on thesystem's behavior can be seen easily too.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2011 IEEE 19th International Conference on Program Comprehension, ICPC 2011
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	189-192
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9780769543987
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPC.2011.10
State	Published - 1 Jan 2011
Event	19th IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension, ICPC 2011 - Kingston, Canada Duration: 22 Jun 2011 → 24 Jun 2011

Publication series

Name	IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension
ISSN (Print)	2643-7147
ISSN (Electronic)	2643-7171

Conference

Conference	19th IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension, ICPC 2011
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Kingston
Period	22/06/11 → 24/06/11

Keywords

BPJ
behavioral programming
scenario-based programming
visualization

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Software
Hardware and Architecture

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Eitan, N., Gordon, M., Harel, D., Marron, A., & Weiss, G. (2011). On visualization and comprehension of scenario-based programs. In Proceedings - 2011 IEEE 19th International Conference on Program Comprehension, ICPC 2011 (pp. 189-192). Article 5970154 (IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPC.2011.10

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Eitan, N, Gordon, M, Harel, D, Marron, A & Weiss, G 2011, On visualization and comprehension of scenario-based programs. in Proceedings - 2011 IEEE 19th International Conference on Program Comprehension, ICPC 2011., 5970154, IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, pp. 189-192, 19th IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension, ICPC 2011, Kingston, Canada, 22/06/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICPC.2011.10

On visualization and comprehension of scenario-based programs. / Eitan, Nir; Gordon, Michal; Harel, David et al.
Proceedings - 2011 IEEE 19th International Conference on Program Comprehension, ICPC 2011. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2011. p. 189-192 5970154 (IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension).

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