GVU Technical Report Number:
GIT-GVU-91-17
Title:
Understanding and Characterizing Program Visualization Systems
Authors:
John T. Stasko
Charles Patterson
Abstract:
The general term 'program visualization' refers to graphical views or
illustrations of the entities and characteristics of
computer programs. This term along with many others, including data
structure display, program animation, algorithm animation, etc., have
been used inconsistently in the literature, which has led to
confusion in describing systems providing these capabilities. In
this paper we present a scaled characterization of program visualization
terms along aspect, abstractness, animation, and automation dimensions.
Rather than placing existing systems into hard-and-fast categories, we
focus on unique and differentiating aspects across all systems.
Keywords:
Program visualization, algorithm animation, software understanding
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