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Facilitating reuse in database applications with scenario-based component adaptation and generation (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, B., Liu, X., & Kerridge, J. (2003, October). Facilitating reuse in database applications with scenario-based component adaptation and generation. Presented at Fifth IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications, Las Vegas, NV, USA

The development of database application
systems will beneft from high reusabiliiy because similar
design circumstances recur frequently in database
developments. However, research has shown that
mismatches between pre-qualified components with th... Read More about Facilitating reuse in database applications with scenario-based component adaptation and generation.

Reverse engineering. (2002)
Book Chapter
Chu, W., Lu, C., Chang, C., Liu, X., & Yang, H. (2002). Reverse engineering. In S. K. Chang (Ed.), Handbook of Software Engineering & Knowledge Engineering (447-466). World Scientific

Software systems have become business-critical for many companies. These systems are usually large and complex. Some have evolved over decades and therefore are known as legacy systems. These legacy systems need to be maintained and evolved due to ma... Read More about Reverse engineering..

A pattern-based framework for database reusability (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, B., Liu, X., & Kerridge, J. (2002). A pattern-based framework for database reusability. In Software Engineering Research and Practices International Conference Las Vegas 2002 Proceedings : SERP 2002 (572-578)

The development of database application systems will benefit from high reusability because similar design circumstances recur frequently in database developments. This paper presents a framework to cope with design reuse in database environments. The... Read More about A pattern-based framework for database reusability.

Support software evolution with abstraction rules and program knowledge patterns. (2002)
Journal Article
Teng, G., & Liu, X. (2002). Support software evolution with abstraction rules and program knowledge patterns. Asian-information-science-life, 1, 177-189

This paper advocates that reengineering is an effective means of legacy system evolution. Extracting formal specification semantically consistent to the original legacy system will facilitate further redesign and forward engineering greatly. The key... Read More about Support software evolution with abstraction rules and program knowledge patterns..

Abstraction: a key notation for reverse engineering in a system re-engineering approach. (2000)
Journal Article
Yang, H., Liu, X., & Zedan, H. (2000). Abstraction: a key notation for reverse engineering in a system re-engineering approach. Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, 12, 197-228. https://doi.org/10.1002/1096-908X%28200007/08%2912%3A43.0.CO%3B2-X

This paper advocates that extracting formal specification semantically consistent to the original legacy system will facilitate further redesign and forward engineering greatly. The three parts of reengineering could be integrated on the basis of a w... Read More about Abstraction: a key notation for reverse engineering in a system re-engineering approach..

Speed and scale up software re-engineering with abstraction patterns and rules. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, X., Yang, H., Zedan, H., & Cau, A. (2000, November). Speed and scale up software re-engineering with abstraction patterns and rules. Presented at International Symposium on Principles of Software Evolution, 2000

Software reengineering is an essential part of software evolution. Two important issues faced by software reengineering techniques are the time involved and the ability to cope with the scale of software systems. Unless these two issues have been add... Read More about Speed and scale up software re-engineering with abstraction patterns and rules..

On the assessment of re-engineering tools. (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, X., Yang, H., & Zedan, H. (1999). On the assessment of re-engineering tools. In WESS '99 - Workshop on Empirical Studies in Software Maintenance

A refinement calculus for the development of real-time systems. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, Z., Cau, A., Zedan, H., Liu, X., & Yang, H. (1998). A refinement calculus for the development of real-time systems. In 5th Asia Pacific Software Engineering Conference, APSEC '98 (61). https://doi.org/10.1109/APSEC.1998.733588

We present a calculus which can transfer specifications
to objects for the development of real-time systems. The
object model is based on a practical OO development
technique—HRT-HOOD. A real-time logic is specified by
extending a sound formal me... Read More about A refinement calculus for the development of real-time systems..

Improving maintenance through development experiences. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, X., Yang, H., & Zedan, H. (1998). Improving maintenance through development experiences. In WESS '98 - Workshop on Empirical Studies in Software Maintenance (1-5)

An empirical comparison is made between present approaches/tools of software maintenance and development. The conclusion is that development technology is more mature in many aspects, such as automation, formalism, confidence, understanding of origin... Read More about Improving maintenance through development experiences..

Tackling the abstraction problem for reverse engineering in a system re-engineering approach. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yang, H., Liu, X., & Zedan, H. (1998, March). Tackling the abstraction problem for reverse engineering in a system re-engineering approach

It is widely accepted that reverse engineering has three components: restructuring, comprehension and production of formal specification. In this paper, we advocate that the three components could be achieved in a systematic approach by successfully... Read More about Tackling the abstraction problem for reverse engineering in a system re-engineering approach..