• DocumentCode
    996077
  • Title

    The Strangest Thing About Software

  • Author

    Menzies, Tim ; Owen, David ; Richardson, Julian

  • Author_Institution
    Lane Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., West Virginia Univ.
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    54
  • Lastpage
    60
  • Abstract
    Although there are times when random search is dangerous and should be avoided, software analysis should start with random methods because they are so cheap, moving to the more complex methods only when random methods fail
  • Keywords
    reachability analysis; search problems; software engineering; systems analysis; random search; reachability analysis; software analysis; software engineering; Computer crashes; Computer errors; Costs; Degradation; Mathematical model; Mathematics; Search engines; Search problems; Training data; Vehicle crash testing; Artificial intelligence; Data mining; LURCH; Software engineering; TAR3;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2007.37
  • Filename
    4069195