Towards an Empirical Study Design for Concurrent Software Testing

Autor(es)

Melo, S. M. ; Souza, P. S. L. ; Souza, S. R. S. ; IEEE

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: PROCEEDINGS OF SE-HPCCSE 2016: 4TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING OR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING IN COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; v. N/A, p. 1-pg., 2016-01-01.

Resumo

High Performance Computing (HPC) applications consist of concurrent programs with multi-process and/or multi-threaded models with varying degree of parallelism. Although these applications are similar to the sequential ones in terms of design patterns, models and principles, they present non-deterministic behavior making the testing activity more complex. Trying to solve this issue a variety of concurrent software testing techniques has been proposed for concurrent programs. However, the problem of the technique selection to a specific context remains. The comparison among techniques to provide an effective selection is difficult because there is not a guideline to build empirical studies and obtain relevant and comparable information in this area. This work proposes a preliminary design for empirical studies based on a literature survey in concurrent software testing context. The purpose is improving the conduction and comparison of empirical studies and, hence, supporting the construction of a body of evidence. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 15/23653-5 - Definição de um Design de Estudos Empíricos em Técnicas de Teste para Programas Concorrentes
• Beneficiário: Silvana Morita Melo
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Exterior - Estágio de Pesquisa - Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 13/05046-9 - Definição de um Framework para Avaliação Sistemática de Técnicas de Teste no Contexto de Programação Concorrente
• Beneficiário: Silvana Morita Melo
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado