In this paper, we present a large-scale object retrieval system. The user supplies a query
object by selecting a region of a query image, and the system returns a ranked list of images …

The role of information systems (IS) as representations of real-world systems is changing in
an increasingly digitalized world, suggesting that conceptual modeling is losing its …

Program comprehension is an important activity in software maintenance, as software must
be sufficiently understood before it can be properly modified. The study of a program's …

Context Most companies, independently of their size and activity type, are facing the
problem of managing, maintaining and/or replacing (part of) their existing software systems …

This paper proposes a methodology and instrumentation infrastructure toward the reverse
engineering of UML (Unified Modeling Language) sequence diagrams from dynamic …

Comprehending and modifying software is at the heart of many software engineering tasks,
and this explains the growing interest that software reverse engineering has gained in the …

Context: The number of software applications deployed in organizations is constantly
increasing. Those applications–often several hundreds–form large software landscapes …

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is the de facto standard for object-oriented software
analysis and design modeling. However, few empirical studies exist that investigate the …

The Art and Science of Analyzing Software Data provides valuable information on analysis
techniques often used to derive insight from software data. This book shares best practices …

Software architectures are described by different views which depend upon the concerns of
the respective stakeholders. Far too often, software architectures are not documented …