Presentation 1994/4/4
Reverse Engineering in Communications Software Design
Kenji Otomo, Noriyasu Arakawa, Kenjiroh Yamanaka,
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Abstract(in English) This paper discusses how to derive message sequence charts(MSCs) from a set of state transition descriptions.Recently,a MSC notation receives much attention in the communications software field because it graphically shows system global behavior,and MSC handling techniques are eagerly studied.These activity recommend to design a system by a set of formal MSC in the early stage and then convert them into state transition descriptions.However,these results can hardly be applied to existing communications software products.This is because these systems are designed based on state transition descriptions and there are no formal MSCs for them. In this paper,we propose a MSC deriving method based on optimized reachability analysis.This method generates MSCs avoiding state explosion.A case study result using Q.931 protocol shows the feasibility of the method.
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Keyword(in English) Communication Software / Massage Sequence Chart / Reverse Engineering / Reachability Analysis / Specification
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Title (in English) Reverse Engineering in Communications Software Design
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Keyword(1) Communication Software
Keyword(2) Massage Sequence Chart
Keyword(3) Reverse Engineering
Keyword(4) Reachability Analysis
Keyword(5) Specification
1st Author's Name Kenji Otomo
1st Author's Affiliation NTT Software Laboratories()
2nd Author's Name Noriyasu Arakawa
2nd Author's Affiliation NTT Software Laboratories
3rd Author's Name Kenjiroh Yamanaka
3rd Author's Affiliation NTT Software Laboratories
Date 1994/4/4
Paper # SSE94-20,IN94-20
Volume (vol) vol.94
Number (no) 1
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 6
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