PROFES 2023
Sun 10 - Wed 13 December 2023 Dornbirn, Austria
Wed 13 Dec 2023 12:00 - 12:10 at W211 - Software Testing and Quality Assurance Chair(s): Dietmar Pfahl

Debugging is a heavy task in software development. Computer-assisted debugging is expected to reduce these costs. Fault localization is one of the computer-assisted debugging techniques. Spectrum-based Fault Localization (SBFL) is one of the most actively studied techniques. SBFL aims to identify the location of faulty code elements based on the execution path of the tests. Previous research reports that the accuracy of SBFL is affected by test types, such as flaky tests. In our research, we focus on exceptional behavior tests to reveal the impact of such tests on SBFL. Since separating exceptional handling from normal control flow enables developers to increase program robustness, we think the execution paths of exceptional behavior tests are different from normal control flow tests, which means that the differences have a significant impact on the accuracy of SBFL. In this study, we investigate the accuracy of SBFL on two types of faults: faults that occurred in the real software development process and artificially generated faults. Our study reveals that SBFL tends to be more accurate when all failing tests are exceptional behavior tests than when failing tests include no exceptional behavior tests.

Wed 13 Dec

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11:00 - 12:20
Software Testing and Quality AssuranceResearch Papers / Organization / Short Papers and Posters / Industry Papers at W211
Chair(s): Dietmar Pfahl University of Tartu
11:00
10m
Research paper
An Experience in the Evaluation of Fault Prediction
Research Papers
Luigi Lavazza Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Sandro Morasca Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Gabriele Rotoloni
11:10
10m
Industry talk
Is It the Best Solution? Testing An Optimisation Algorithm with Metamorphic Testing
Industry Papers
Alejandra Duque-Torres University of Tartu, Claus Klammer Software Competence Center Hagenberg, Stefan Fischer Software Competence Center Hagenberg, Dietmar Pfahl University of Tartu
11:20
10m
Short-paper
Impacts of Program Structures on Code Coverage of Generated Test Suites
Short Papers and Posters
Ryoga Watanabe Osaka University, Yoshiki Higo Osaka University, Shinji Kusumoto Osaka University
11:30
10m
Research paper
Anomaly Detection Through Container Testing: A Survey of Company Practices
Research Papers
Salla Timonen University of Jyväskylä, Maha Sroor University of Jyväskylä, Rahul Mohanani University of Jyväskylä, Tommi Mikkonen University of Jyvaskyla
11:40
10m
Short-paper
The Effects of Soft Assertion on Spectrum-based Fault Localization
Short Papers and Posters
Kouhei Mihara Osaka University, Shinsuke Matsumoto Osaka University, Shinji Kusumoto Osaka University
11:50
10m
Industry talk
Characterizing Requirements Smells
Industry Papers
Emanuele Gentili Mbda Italy S.p.a., Falessi Davide University of Rome Tor Vergata
12:00
10m
Research paper
Do Exceptional Behavior Tests Matter on Spectrum-based Fault Localization?
Research Papers
Haruka Yoshioka Osaka University, Yoshiki Higo Osaka University, Shinsuke Matsumoto Osaka University, Shinji Kusumoto Osaka University, Shinji Itoh Hitachi, Ltd., Research &Development Group, Phan Thi Thanh Huyen Hitachi, Ltd., Research &Development Group
12:10
10m
Research paper
On Deprecated API Usages: an Exploratory Study of Top-starred Projects on GitHub
Research Papers
Pietro Cassieri University of Salerno, Simone Romano University of Salerno, Giuseppe Scanniello University of Salerno