Selective backtracking of model changes.

Groher, Iris; Egyed, Alexander

doi:10.1109/ICSE-COMPANION.2009.5070989

Selective backtracking of model changes.

by Iris Groher, Alexander Egyed

Abstract:

Backtracking is necessary when design alternatives are explored or dead ends are reached. Unfortunately, current approaches support chronological backtracking only (undo or version control), where the designer is forced to undo intermittent changes even if they are not related to what should be backtracked. This work introduces an approach for selective backtracking during software modeling where previously discarded design changes are recovered without having to undo intermittent changes. Selective backtracking is a challenge because during multi-view modeling, we must understand how changes across multiple views are connected â€“ in order to undo them together and thus avoid undesired inconsistencies. Our approach automatically discovers dependencies among design changes and is thus able to guide the designer during selective backtracking.

Reference:

Iris Groher, Alexander Egyed, "Selective backtracking of model changes.", pp. 231-234, 2009.

Bibtex Entry:

@Conference{DBLP:conf/icse/GroherE09,
  Title                    = {Selective backtracking of model changes.},
  Author                   = {Iris Groher and Alexander Egyed},
  Booktitle                = {31st International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), May 2009, Vancouver, Canada},
  Year                     = {2009},
  Pages                    = {231-234},

  Abstract                 = {Backtracking is necessary when design alternatives are explored or dead ends are reached. Unfortunately, current approaches support chronological backtracking only (undo or version control), where the designer is forced to undo intermittent changes even if they are not related to what should be backtracked. This work introduces an approach for selective backtracking during software modeling where previously discarded design changes are recovered without having to undo intermittent changes. Selective backtracking is a challenge because during multi-view modeling, we must understand how changes across multiple views are connected â€“ in order to undo them together and thus avoid undesired inconsistencies. Our approach automatically discovers dependencies among design changes and is thus able to guide the designer during selective backtracking.},
  Doi                      = {10.1109/ICSE-COMPANION.2009.5070989},
  File                     = {Selective Backtracking of Model Changes:Conferences\\ICSE 2009 - Selective Backtracking of Model Changes\\Selective Backtracking of Model Changes.pdf:PDF},
  Keywords                 = {FWF P21321-N15, consistency, change, mde}
}