Abstract
With the scale of programs becoming increasingly bigger, and the complexity degree higher, how to select program fragments for slicing has become an important research topic. A new type of criterion called interesting index is proposed for selecting parts of procedures or procedure fragments to do program slicing. This new criterion considers not only the subjective aspects in users, namely users’ emphasis on the time efficiency, storage capacity or readability, but also the objective aspect in large procedures. It also represents the benefit of the users, while displaying the many-faceted roles that program slicing plays. In this way users can proceed with program slicing to large systems or unfinished systems.
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Wu, F., Yi, T. Program slicing based on interesting index. J. of Electron.(China) 21, 255–260 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02687880
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02687880