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| A survey of code-based change impact analysis techniques | |
| Li, Bixin; Sun, Xiaobing; Leung, Hareton; Zhang, Sai | |
| 2013 | |
| Source | SOFTWARE TESTING VERIFICATION & RELIABILITY
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| ISSN | 0960-0833 |
| Volume | 23Issue:8Pages:613-646 |
| English Abstract | Software change impact analysis (CIA) is a technique for identifying the effects of a change, or estimating what needs to be modified to accomplish a change. Since the 1980s, there have been many investigations on CIA, especially for code-based CIA techniques. However, there have been very few surveys on this topic. This article tries to fill this gap. And 30 papers that provide empirical evaluation on 23 code-based CIA techniques are identified. Then, data was synthesized against four research questions. The study presents a comparative framework including seven properties, which characterize the CIA techniques, and identifies key applications of CIA techniques in software maintenance. In addition, the need for further research is also presented in the following areas: evaluating existing CIA techniques and proposing new CIA techniques under the proposed framework, developing more mature tools to support CIA, comparing current CIA techniques empirically with unified metrics and common benchmarks, and applying the CIA more extensively and effectively in the software maintenance phase. Copyright (c) 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.; Software change impact analysis (CIA) is a technique for identifying the effects of a change, or estimating what needs to be modified to accomplish a change. Since the 1980s, there have been many investigations on CIA, especially for code-based CIA techniques. However, there have been very few surveys on this topic. This article tries to fill this gap. And 30 papers that provide empirical evaluation on 23 code-based CIA techniques are identified. Then, data was synthesized against four research questions. The study presents a comparative framework including seven properties, which characterize the CIA techniques, and identifies key applications of CIA techniques in software maintenance. In addition, the need for further research is also presented in the following areas: evaluating existing CIA techniques and proposing new CIA techniques under the proposed framework, developing more mature tools to support CIA, comparing current CIA techniques empirically with unified metrics and common benchmarks, and applying the CIA more extensively and effectively in the software maintenance phase. Copyright (c) 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
| Indexed Type | SCI |
| Keyword | Change Impact Analysis Survey Source Code Application |
| Department | [Li, Bixin; Sun, Xiaobing] Southeast Univ, Sch Engn & Comp Sci, Nanjing, Jiangsu, Peoples R China. [Li, Bixin; Sun, Xiaobing] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Software, State Key Lab Comp Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China. [Leung, Hareton] Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Comp, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. [Zhang, Sai] Univ Washington, Dept Comp Sci & Engn, Seattle, WA 98195 USA. |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000326968900003 |
| Citation statistics | |
| Content Type | 期刊论文 |
| URI | http://ir.iscas.ac.cn/handle/311060/16898 |
| Collection | 中国科学院软件研究所 |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Li, Bixin,Sun, Xiaobing,Leung, Hareton,et al. A survey of code-based change impact analysis techniques[J]. SOFTWARE TESTING VERIFICATION & RELIABILITY,2013,23(8):613-646. |
| APA | Li, Bixin,Sun, Xiaobing,Leung, Hareton,&Zhang, Sai.(2013).A survey of code-based change impact analysis techniques.SOFTWARE TESTING VERIFICATION & RELIABILITY,23(8),613-646. |
| MLA | Li, Bixin,et al."A survey of code-based change impact analysis techniques".SOFTWARE TESTING VERIFICATION & RELIABILITY 23.8(2013):613-646. |
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