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16th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE'05)
Providing Test Quality Feedback Using Static Source Code and Automatic Test Suite Metrics
Chicago, Illinois
November 08-November 11
ISBN: 0-7695-2482-6
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Nachiappan Nagappan, Laurie Williams, Jason Osborne, Mladen Vouk, Pekka Abrahamsson, "Providing Test Quality Feedback Using Static Source Code and Automatic Test Suite Metrics," Software Reliability Engineering, International Symposium on, pp. 85-94, 16th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE'05), 2005.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/ISSRE.2005.35,
author = {Nachiappan Nagappan and Laurie Williams and Jason Osborne and Mladen Vouk and Pekka Abrahamsson},
title = {Providing Test Quality Feedback Using Static Source Code and Automatic Test Suite Metrics},
journal ={Software Reliability Engineering, International Symposium on},
volume = {0},
year = {2005},
issn = {1071-9458},
pages = {85-94},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/ISSRE.2005.35},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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Nachiappan Nagappan, Microsoft Research
Laurie Williams, North Carolina State University
Jason Osborne, North Carolina State University
Mladen Vouk, North Carolina State University
Pekka Abrahamsson, VTT Technical Research Center of Finland
A classic question in software development is "How much testing is enough?" Aside from dynamic coverage-based metrics, there are few measures that can be used to provide guidance on the quality of an automatic test suite as development proceeds. This paper utilizes the Software Testing and Reliability Early Warning (STREW) static metric suite to provide a developer with indications of changes and additions to their automated unit test suite and code for added confidence that product quality will be high. Retrospective case studies to assess the utility of using the STREW metrics as a feedback mechanism were performed in academic, open source and industrial environments. The results indicate at statistically significant levels the ability of the STREW metrics to provide feedback on important attributes of an automatic test suite and corresponding code.
Citation:
Nachiappan Nagappan, Laurie Williams, Jason Osborne, Mladen Vouk, Pekka Abrahamsson, "Providing Test Quality Feedback Using Static Source Code and Automatic Test Suite Metrics," issre, pp.85-94, 16th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE'05), 2005
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