Expert-based decision support framework for software reengineering

Abstract

Software is common in many applications today. As these software age, they have to be maintained to suit the demands of the users. There are many challenges involved in maintaining this software which decision makers in the software reengineering community have to address. These decision makers need an expert's assistance in reengineering the software. Many studies attempt to support decision makers. However, there is limited study in adopting artificial intelligence approaches to support the decision-making process. Hence, we introduce an expert-based decision support framework called REXDES that can analyze different components of a software application to facilitate decision-making in software reengineering.