Transforming Cobol Legacy Software to a Generic Imperative Model

Abstract

Legacy COBOL code presents challenges for organizations wishing to increase their effectiveness and improve their efficiency. The systems that utilize this code are vital to enterprise operations, yet maintenance of code is expensive. This research presents an alternative that overcomes some of the problems of legacy COBOL code through the use of software reengineering techniques. This research develops a transformation system to convert COBOL code into a generic imperative model, recapturing the initial design and deciphering the requirements implemented by the legacy code, thereby making possible the documentation of legacy systems, design restructuring, and the re-design of a new, enhanced system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA361673

Entities

People

  • Dinal. Moraes

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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  • Air Force
  • Computer Programming
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  • Computers
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  • Engineering
  • Grammars
  • Language
  • Maintenance
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Operating Systems
  • Procedural Programming Language
  • Programming Languages
  • Reverse Engineering
  • Software Development
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  • Structured Programming

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  • Computer science
  • Engineering

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