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Quantifying the Influences of Imperfect Debugging on Software Development Using Simulation Approach

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Advances in Software Engineering (ASEA 2009)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 59))

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Practical experiences indicate that imperfect debugging actually exists in software development. In addition to inherent faults, additional faults may be introduced into software system during debugging process. Therefore, the debugging team should be staffed with more personnel to fix the introduced faults and ensure the quality of software system. To address this problem, we apply G/G/m queueing model to describe debugging behavior under imperfect debugging environment. Based on the proposed simulation framework, we investigate the influences of imperfect debugging on staffing needs. The application of the proposed framework will be illustrated through a real data set. From the simulation results, project managers can be aware of the relationship between the staffing needs and the degree of imperfect debugging.

The research work described in this paper was supported by the National Science Council, Taiwan, under Grant NSC 97-2221-E-007-052-MY3.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan

    Chu-Ti Lin

  2. Department of Computer Sicence, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Chin-Yu Huang

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  1. Infobright Inc.,  

    Dominik Ślęzak

  2. Hannam University, 306-791, Daejeon, South Korea

    Tai-hoon Kim

  3. University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI, USA

    Akingbehin Kiumi

  4. University of California, Riverside, USA

    Tao Jiang

  5. National ICT, Australia

    June Verner

  6. Department of Information Systems and Computation, Valencia University of Technology, Camino de Vera s/n, P.O. Box: 22012, 46022, Valencia, Spain

    Silvia Abrahão

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Lin, CT., Huang, CY. (2009). Quantifying the Influences of Imperfect Debugging on Software Development Using Simulation Approach. In: Ślęzak, D., Kim, Th., Kiumi, A., Jiang, T., Verner, J., Abrahão, S. (eds) Advances in Software Engineering. ASEA 2009. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 59. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10619-4_37

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