Test-driven development (TDD) is a software development practice that has been used sporadically for decades. With this practice, a software engineer cycles minute-by-minute betwee...
Nachiappan Nagappan, E. Michael Maximilien, Thirum...
Software designs decay over time. While most studies focus on decay at the system level, this research studies design decay on well understood micro architectures, design patterns...
The presence of vulnerable statements in the source code is a crucial problem for maintainers: properly monitoring and, if necessary, removing them is highly desirable to ensure h...
Massimiliano Di Penta, Luigi Cerulo, Lerina Aversa...
The usual way to compare testing strategies, whether theoretically or empirically, is to compare the number of faults they detect. To ascertain definitely that a testing strategy...
Ilinca Ciupa, Bertrand Meyer, Manuel Oriol, Alexan...
Configurable software lets users customize applications in many ways, and is becoming increasingly prevalent. Regression testing is an important but expensive way to build confide...