TY - GEN
T1 - A learning algorithm for change impact prediction
AU - Musco, Vincenzo
AU - Carette, Antonin
AU - Monperrus, Martin
AU - Preux, Philippe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/5/14
Y1 - 2016/5/14
N2 - Change impact analysis (CIA) consists in predicting the impact of a code change in a software application. In this paper, the artifacts that are considered for CIA are methods of object-oriented software; the change under study is a change in the code of the method, the impact is the test methods that fail because of the change that has been performed. We propose LCIP, a learning algorithm that learns from past impacts to predict future impacts. To evaluate LCIP, we consider Java software applications that are strongly tested. We simulate 6000 changes and their actual impact through code mutations, as done in mutation testing. We find that LCIP can predict the impact with a precision of 74%, a recall of 85%, corresponding to a F-score of 64%. This shows that taking a learning perspective on change impact analysis let us achieve good precision and recall in change impact analysis.
AB - Change impact analysis (CIA) consists in predicting the impact of a code change in a software application. In this paper, the artifacts that are considered for CIA are methods of object-oriented software; the change under study is a change in the code of the method, the impact is the test methods that fail because of the change that has been performed. We propose LCIP, a learning algorithm that learns from past impacts to predict future impacts. To evaluate LCIP, we consider Java software applications that are strongly tested. We simulate 6000 changes and their actual impact through code mutations, as done in mutation testing. We find that LCIP can predict the impact with a precision of 74%, a recall of 85%, corresponding to a F-score of 64%. This shows that taking a learning perspective on change impact analysis let us achieve good precision and recall in change impact analysis.
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U2 - 10.1145/2896995.2896996
DO - 10.1145/2896995.2896996
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84974602487
T3 - Proceedings - 5th International Workshop on Realizing Artificial Intelligence Synergies in Software Engineering, RAISE 2016
SP - 8
EP - 14
BT - Proceedings - 5th International Workshop on Realizing Artificial Intelligence Synergies in Software Engineering, RAISE 2016
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 5th International Workshop on Realizing Artificial Intelligence Synergies in Software Engineering, RAISE 2016
Y2 - 17 May 2016
ER -