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Date Available
12-7-2011
Year of Publication
2004
Document Type
Thesis
College
Engineering
Department/School/Program
Computer Science
Faculty
Jane Hayes
Abstract
The presented research resulted in a generic component taxonomy, a generic code-faulttaxonomy, and an approach to tailoring the generic taxonomies into domain-specific aswell as project-specific taxonomies. Also, a means to identify fault links was developed.Fault links represent relationships between the types of code-faults and the types ofcomponents being developed or modified. For example, a fault link has been found toexist between Controller modules (that forms a backbone for any software via. itsdecision making characteristics) and Control/Logic faults (such as unreachable code).The existence of such fault links can be used to guide code reviews, walkthroughs, testingof new code development, as well as code maintenance. It can also be used to direct faultseeding. The results of these methods have been validated. Finally, we also verified theusefulness of the obtained fault links through an experiment conducted using graduatestudents. The results were encouraging.
Recommended Citation
Michael, Inies Raphael Chemmannoor, "FAULT LINKS: IDENTIFYING MODULE AND FAULT TYPES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP" (2004). University of Kentucky Master's Theses. 226.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_theses/226
