The Effects of Soft Assertion on Spectrum-based Fault Localization (PROFES 2023 - Short Papers and Posters)

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Kouhei Mihara, Shinsuke Matsumoto, Shinji Kusumoto

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PROFES 2023 Short Papers and Posters

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Wed 13 Dec 2023 11:40 - 11:50 at W211 - Software Testing and Quality Assurance Chair(s): Dietmar Pfahl

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This paper investigates the negative effects of soft assertion on the accuracy of Spectrum-based Fault Localization (SBFL). Soft assertion is a kind of test assertion which continues test case execution even after an assertion failure occurs. In general, the execution path becomes longer if the test case fails by a soft assertion. Hence, soft assertion will decrease the accuracy of SBFL which leverages the execution path of failed tests. In this study, we call the change of execution path due to soft assertion as path pollution. Our experimental results show that soft assertion actually reduces the accuracy of SBFL in 35% of faults.

Kouhei Mihara

Osaka University

Japan

Shinsuke Matsumoto

Osaka University

Japan

Shinji Kusumoto

Osaka University

Japan

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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