An analysis of the 'inconclusive' change report category in OSS assisted by a program slicing metric

S. Counsell; T. Hall; E. Nasseri; D. Bowes

doi:10.1109/SEAA.2010.17

An analysis of the 'inconclusive' change report category in OSS assisted by a program slicing metric

S. Counsell, T. Hall, E. Nasseri, D. Bowes

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In this paper, we investigate the Barcode open-source system (OSS) using one of Weiser's original slice-based metrics (Tightness) as a basis. In previous work, low numerical values of this slice-based metric were found to indicate fault-free (as opposed to fault-prone) functions. In the same work, we deliberately excluded from our analysis a category comprising 221 of the 775 observations representing 'inconclusive' log reports extracted from the OSS change logs. These represented OSS change log descriptions where it was not entirely clear whether a fault had occurred or not in a function and, for that reason, could not reasonably be incorporated into our analysis. In this paper we present a methodology through which we can draw conclusions about that category of report.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 36th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA 2010
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	283-286
Number of pages	4
Volume	5598109
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	1089-6503
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4244-7901-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SEAA.2010.17
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	36th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications - Lille, France Duration: 1 Sept 2010 → 3 Sept 2010

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Conference	36th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications
Country/Territory	France
City	Lille
Period	1/09/10 → 3/09/10

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OSS
cohension
fault
slicing

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Counsell, S., Hall, T., Nasseri, E., & Bowes, D. (2010). An analysis of the 'inconclusive' change report category in OSS assisted by a program slicing metric. In Proceedings - 36th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA 2010 (1st ed., Vol. 5598109, pp. 283-286). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/SEAA.2010.17

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Counsell, S, Hall, T, Nasseri, E & Bowes, D 2010, An analysis of the 'inconclusive' change report category in OSS assisted by a program slicing metric. in Proceedings - 36th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA 2010. 1st edn, vol. 5598109, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 283-286, 36th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, Lille, France, 1/09/10. https://doi.org/10.1109/SEAA.2010.17

An analysis of the 'inconclusive' change report category in OSS assisted by a program slicing metric. / Counsell, S.; Hall, T.; Nasseri, E. et al.
Proceedings - 36th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA 2010. Vol. 5598109 1st. ed. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2010. p. 283-286.

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