Rethinking the taxonomy of fault detection techniques
Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Software engineering, 1989•dl.acm.org
The conventional classification of software fault detection techniques by their operational
characteristics (static vs. dynamic analysis) is inadequate as a basis for identifying useful
relationships between techniques. A more useful distinction is between techniques which
sample the space of possible executions, and techniques which fold the space. The new
distinction provides better insight into the ways different techniques can interact, and is a
necessary basis for considering hybrid fault detection techniques.
characteristics (static vs. dynamic analysis) is inadequate as a basis for identifying useful
relationships between techniques. A more useful distinction is between techniques which
sample the space of possible executions, and techniques which fold the space. The new
distinction provides better insight into the ways different techniques can interact, and is a
necessary basis for considering hybrid fault detection techniques.
Abstract
The conventional classification of software fault detection techniques by their operational characteristics (static vs. dynamic analysis) is inadequate as a basis for identifying useful relationships between techniques. A more useful distinction is between techniques which sample the space of possible executions, and techniques which fold the space. The new distinction provides better insight into the ways different techniques can interact, and is a necessary basis for considering hybrid fault detection techniques.
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