| Presentation | 2009-11-27 An analysis of relationship between software bug and variable name Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO, Yasutaka KAMEI, Shinsuke MATSUMOTO, Akito MONDEN, Ken-ichi MATSUMOTO, |
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| Abstract(in English) | Variable names used in each software module could be used as indicators of software bugs in the module because (1) names are given by a programmer who is responsible of the module and some programmers tend to produce more bugs than others, and (2) names are usually related to some functions in a program and some functions are more difficult to implement (without injecting bugs) than others. So far, the relationship between variable names and software bugs have not investigated. In this paper, by analyzing Eclipse 3.0 and 3.1 projects, we experimentally validate two hypotheses; (H1) there is a relationship between variable names and software bugs, (H2) this relationship is preserved through different versions of a software product. In the experiment, for each variable name, we calculated the average bug density of modules in which the name appeared. The result supported both H1 and H2, and the coefficient of correlation of bug density (bound to each name) between Eclipse 3.0 and 3.1 was 0.621. This suggests that focusing on variable names related to high bug density in the previous version can help in identifying high risk modules of an ongoing project. |
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| Keyword(in English) | variable name / relationship between software bug and variable name / bug density |
| Paper # | KBSE2009-42 |
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| Conference Date | 2009/11/19(1days) |
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| Language | JPN |
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| Title (in English) | An analysis of relationship between software bug and variable name |
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| Keyword(1) | variable name |
| Keyword(2) | relationship between software bug and variable name |
| Keyword(3) | bug density |
| 1st Author's Name | Hiroyuki YAMAMOTO |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Yasutaka KAMEI |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology |
| 3rd Author's Name | Shinsuke MATSUMOTO |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology |
| 4th Author's Name | Akito MONDEN |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology |
| 5th Author's Name | Ken-ichi MATSUMOTO |
| 5th Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology |
| Date | 2009-11-27 |
| Paper # | KBSE2009-42 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.109 |
| Number (no) | 307 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 5 |
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