A survey of using formal concept analysis for software maintenance

作者：Sun Xiao Bing; Li Yun; Li Bi Xin; Wen Wan Zhi

来源：Acta Electronica Sinica, 2015, 43(7): 1399-1406.

DOI：10.3969/j.issn.0372-2112.2015.07.023

• Binary relationships
• Change impact analysis
• Clustering techniques
• Conceptual structures
• Formal concept analyses (FCA)
• Potential researches
• Software comprehension
• Software maintenance activity

Formal concept analysis(FCA)is an approach to identify conceptual structures among data sets. It is a very useful clustering technique providing a formal framework to explore the binary relationship among the entities and recognize groups of entities that exhibit common properties. This paper tries to survey the studies of the FCA applications in software maintenance field from 2000 to 2013. These research results are categorized according to a simple framework of software maintenance activities, such as software comprehension, change impact analysis, refactoring, debugging and testing. Finally, the potential research directions in the related field are discussed.

• 出版日期2015-7-1
• 单位东南大学