How does the degree of variability affect bug finding?

Jean Melo, Claus Brabrand, Andrzej Wasowski

Abstract

Software projects embrace variability to increase adaptability and to lower cost; however, others blame variability for increasing complexity and making reasoning about programs more difficult. We carry out a controlled experiment to quantify the impact of variability on debugging of preprocessor-based programs. We measure speed and precision for bug finding tasks defined at three different degrees of variability on several subject programs derived from real systems.

BibTeX

@inproceedings{Melo-al:ICSE16,
  author    = {Jean Melo and
               Claus Brabrand and
               Andrzej Wasowski},
  title     = {How does the degree of variability affect bug finding?},
  booktitle = {ICSE},
  pages     = {679--690},
  publisher = {{ACM}},
  year      = {2016},
}

How does the degree of variability affect bug finding?

Abstract

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