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ICSE
2009
IEEE-ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Predicting defects in SAP Java code: An experience report
Which components of a large software system are the most defect-prone? In a study on a large SAP Java system, we evaluated and compared a number of defect predictors, based on cod...
Tilman Holschuh, Markus Pauser, Kim Herzig, Thomas...
ICSE
2009
IEEE-ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Using quantitative analysis to implement autonomic IT systems
The software underpinning today’s IT systems needs to adapt dynamically and predictably to rapid changes in system workload, environment and objectives. We describe a software f...
Radu Calinescu, Marta Z. Kwiatkowska
ICSE
2009
IEEE-ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Maintaining and evolving GUI-directed test scripts
Since manual black-box testing of GUI-based APplications (GAPs) is tedious and laborious, test engineers create test scripts to automate the testing process. These test scripts in...
Mark Grechanik, Qing Xie, Chen Fu
ICSE
2009
IEEE-ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Safe-commit analysis to facilitate team software development
Software development teams exchange source code in shared repositories. These repositories are kept consistent by having developers follow a commit policy, such as "Program e...
Jan Wloka, Barbara G. Ryder, Frank Tip, Xiaoxia Re...
ICSE
2009
IEEE-ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Predicting build failures using social network analysis on developer communication
Adrian Schröter, Daniela Damian, Thanh H. D. ...
ICSE
2009
IEEE-ACM
14 years 5 months ago
The road not taken: Estimating path execution frequency statically
A variety of compilers, static analyses, and testing frameworks rely heavily on path frequency information. Uses for such information range from optimizing transformations to bug ...
Raymond P. L. Buse, Westley Weimer
ICSE
2009
IEEE-ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Accurate Interprocedural Null-Dereference Analysis for Java
Null dereference is a commonly occurring defect in Java programs, and many static-analysis tools identify such defects. However, most of the existing tools perform a limited inter...
Mangala Gowri Nanda, Saurabh Sinha
ICSE
2009
IEEE-ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Locating need-to-translate constant strings for software internationalization
Modern software applications require internationalization to be distributed to different regions of the world. In various situations, many software applications are not internatio...
Xiaoyin Wang, Lu Zhang, Tao Xie, Hong Mei, Jiasu S...
ICSE
2009
IEEE-ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Listening to programmers - Taxonomies and characteristics of comments in operating system code
Innovations from multiple directions have been proposed to improve software reliability. Unfortunately, many of the innovations are not fully exploited by programmers. To bridge t...
Yoann Padioleau, Lin Tan, Yuanyuan Zhou
ICSE
2009
IEEE-ACM
14 years 5 months ago
In-field healing of integration problems with COTS components
Developers frequently integrate complex COTS frameworks and components in software applications. COTS products are often only partially documented, and developers may misuse techn...
Hervé Chang, Leonardo Mariani, Mauro Pezz&e...