This book presents source code modularization as a key activity in reverse engineering to
extract the software architecture from the existing source code. To this end it provides
detailed techniques for source code modularization and discusses their effects on different
software quality attributes. Nonetheless it is not a mere survey of source code modularization
algorithms but rather a consistent and unifying theoretical modularization framework and as
such is the first publication that comprehensively examines the models and techniques for
source code modularization.It enables readers to gain a thorough understanding of topics like
software artifacts proximity hierarchical and partitional modularization algorithms search-
and algebraic-based software modularization software modularization evaluation techniques and
software quality attributes and modularization.This book introduces students and software
professionals to the fundamental ideas of source code modularization concepts similarity
dissimilarity metrics modularization metrics and quality assurance. Further it allows
undergraduate and graduate students in software engineering computer science and computer
engineering with no prior experience in the software industry to explore the subject in a
step-by-step manner. Practitioners benefit from the structured presentation and comprehensive
nature of the materials while the large number of bibliographic references makes this book a
valuable resource for researchers working on source code modularization.
