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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2008
Christian Pich, Constance, DE;
Lev B. Nachmanson, Redmond, WA (US);
George G. Robertson, Seattle, WA (US);
Christian Pich, Constance, DE;
Lev B. Nachmanson, Redmond, WA (US);
George G. Robertson, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A graph processing module is described for visualizing relationships among components, such as software components within a software system. The graph processing module generates group results based on grouping information which identifies groups of individual components. The graph processing module uses the group results to bias component-level analysis that it performs on the components. In one case, the component-level analysis can involve similarity analysis (e.g., using multidimensional scaling) to assess the similarity among components and importance analysis (e.g., using a network page ranking algorithm) to assess the relative importance of the components. The results of the component-level analysis can be presented for visualization. The biasing effects of the grouping results provide insight into the relationships among the components.