Seventh IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science (icis 2008)
On the Precision and Accuracy of Impact Analysis Techniques
May 14-May 16
ISBN: 978-0-7695-3131-1
Several techniques and algorithms for impact analysis of software systems have been recently published in literature. Most of them, however, are not practical enough to be applied in the software industry because, among other reasons, they produce too many false results (either positive or negative). In this paper, we propose and evaluate the use of two measures from information retrieval, namely??precision and recall, to help express and compare precision and accuracy of impact analysis techniques and algorithms.
Index Terms:
impact analysis, measures, software change
Citation:
Lile Hattori, Dalton Guerrero, Jorge Figueiredo, Jo? Brunet, Jemerson Dam?sio, "On the Precision and Accuracy of Impact Analysis Techniques," icis, pp.513-518, Seventh IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science (icis 2008), 2008