Title :
Fault-localization using dynamic slicing and change impact analysis
Author :
Alves, Elton ; Gligoric, Milos ; Jagannath, Vilas ; D´Amorim, Marcelo
Author_Institution :
Fed. Univ. of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Abstract :
Spectrum-based fault-localization tools, such as Tarantula, have been developed to help guide developers towards faulty statements in a system under test. These tools report statements ranked in order of suspiciousness. Unfortunately, the reported statements can often be unrelated to the error. This paper evaluates the impact of several approaches to ignoring such unrelated statements in order to improve the effectiveness of fault-localization tools.
Keywords :
program slicing; program testing; software fault tolerance; Tarantula; change impact analysis; dynamic slicing; faulty statements; spectrum based fault localization tools; Computational efficiency; Filtering; Inspection; Measurement; Schedules; Testing; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Automated Software Engineering (ASE), 2011 26th IEEE/ACM International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lawrence, KS
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1638-6
DOI :
10.1109/ASE.2011.6100114