Data driven testing of open source software

Inbal Yahav; Ron S. Kenett; Xiaoying Bai

doi:10.1007/978-3-662-45231-8_22

Data driven testing of open source software

Inbal Yahav, Ron S. Kenett, Xiaoying Bai

School of Business Administration

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Abstract

The increasing adoption of open source software (OSS) components in software systems introduces new quality risks and testing challenges. OSS components are developed and maintained by open communities and the fluctuation of community members and structures can result in instability of the software quality. Hence, an investigation is necessary to analyze the impact open community dynamics and the quality of the OSS, such as the level and trends in internal communications and content distribution. The analysis results provide inputs to drive selective testing for effective validation and verification of OSS components. The paper suggests an approach for monitoring community dynamics continuously, including communications like email and blogs, and repositories of bugs and fixes. Detection of patterns in the monitored behavior such as changes in traffic levels within and across clusters can be used in turn to drive testing efforts. Our proposal is demonstrated in the case of the XWiki OSS, a Java-based environment that allows for the storing of structured data and the execution of server side scripts within the wiki interface. We illustrate our concepts, methods and approach behind this approach for risk based testing of OSS.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation - SpecializedTechniques andApplications - 6th International Symposium, ISoLA 2014, Proceedings
Editors	Tiziana Margaria, Tiziana Margaria, Bernhard Steffen
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	309-321
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9783662452301
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45231-8_22
State	Published - 2014
Event	6th International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation, ISoLA 2014 - Imperial, Corfu, Greece Duration: 8 Oct 2014 → 11 Oct 2014

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	8803
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	6th International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation, ISoLA 2014
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Imperial, Corfu
Period	8/10/14 → 11/10/14

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Yahav, I., Kenett, R. S., & Bai, X. (2014). Data driven testing of open source software. In T. Margaria, T. Margaria, & B. Steffen (Eds.), Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation - SpecializedTechniques andApplications - 6th International Symposium, ISoLA 2014, Proceedings (pp. 309-321). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8803). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45231-8_22

Yahav, Inbal ; Kenett, Ron S. ; Bai, Xiaoying. / Data driven testing of open source software. Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation - SpecializedTechniques andApplications - 6th International Symposium, ISoLA 2014, Proceedings. editor / Tiziana Margaria ; Tiziana Margaria ; Bernhard Steffen. Springer Verlag, 2014. pp. 309-321 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Yahav, I, Kenett, RS & Bai, X 2014, Data driven testing of open source software. in T Margaria, T Margaria & B Steffen (eds), Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation - SpecializedTechniques andApplications - 6th International Symposium, ISoLA 2014, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 8803, Springer Verlag, pp. 309-321, 6th International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation, ISoLA 2014, Imperial, Corfu, Greece, 8/10/14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45231-8_22

Data driven testing of open source software. / Yahav, Inbal; Kenett, Ron S.; Bai, Xiaoying.
Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation - SpecializedTechniques andApplications - 6th International Symposium, ISoLA 2014, Proceedings. ed. / Tiziana Margaria; Tiziana Margaria; Bernhard Steffen. Springer Verlag, 2014. p. 309-321 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8803).

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Yahav I, Kenett RS, Bai X. Data driven testing of open source software. In Margaria T, Margaria T, Steffen B, editors, Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation - SpecializedTechniques andApplications - 6th International Symposium, ISoLA 2014, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2014. p. 309-321. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-45231-8_22

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