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Type of Document

Dissertation

Author

Batongbacal, Alan L.

URN

etd-310141259631631

Title

A User-Extensible Architecture for Visualization and Analysis of Time-Series Trace Data

Degree

Master of Science

Department

Computer Science

Advisory Committee

Advisor Name	Title
Henry, Sallie M.
Kafura, Dennis G.
Abrams, Marc	Committee Chair

Keywords

none

Date of Defense

1996-04-01

Availability

unrestricted

Abstract

This thesis describes the design and

implementation of Chitra95, a software system

developed for the visualization and analysis of

time-series trace data. Chitra95 is based upon

two earlier generations of Chitra and is aimed at

producing a system with broad applicability and

utility in this area of research.

This thesis contributes to the area of software

design for trace visualization and analysis by

proposing a set of design principles towards

achieving the goals of system extensibility,

reusability, reliability, testability and verifiability.

These design principles are demonstrated by

Chitra95, a software architecture proposed in

this thesis for visualization and analysis of

time-series trace data. This architecture is novel

in its combination of independence from

problem domain semantics; optimization for

user-extensibility and code reusability; freedom

from any specific user interface model; ability to

simultaneously produce an integrated

application and a reusable toolkit of parts that

may either be customized into a turnkey system

or integrated into other software systems;

support for enhanced reliability, testability and

verifiability; and support for an interface to the

World Wide Web and for remote execution.

Finally, this thesis makes the specific

contribution of a data structure for representing

large traces that permits the maintainance of

multiple versions of a trace and retains the

ability to undo modifications made to a trace.

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