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Presentation 2023-01-11 14:20
A Systematic Review of Source Code Coverage Metrics: Preliminary Results
Masayuki Taniguchi, Shinsuke Matsumoto, Shinji Kusumoto (Osaka Univ.) MSS2022-58 SS2022-43
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) Software testing plays an essential role in software quality assurance. It helps developers to reveal and remove bugs in software. Developers often use test coverage to measure the sufficiency of tests, find non-tested statements, and localize a faulty statement. Traditional coverages, such as statement and branch coverage, are widely known and used. On the other hand, researchers have proposed various metrics for measuring test coverage of source code. Because such novel coverage metrics are not organized, it is impossible to understand and compare the benefits and limitations of each metric. This paper organizes the characteristics of each coverage metric by surveying a body of 43 papers that propose coverage metrics. The survey results showed that the novel metrics could be divided into two main groups: (1) metrics that improve or complement traditional coverage and (2) metrics that are effective in specific domains, such as concurrent programming. We performed a comparative analysis to identify the characteristics of each metric, such as benefits of use, effective domains, and information needed to measure coverage. Furthermore, we provide a catalog of coverage metrics to help developers and researchers select the best metrics for their context.
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(in English) Software testing / Test coverage / Coverage metrics / Systematic review / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 122, no. 330, SS2022-43, pp. 78-83, Jan. 2023.
Paper # SS2022-43 
Date of Issue 2023-01-03 (MSS, SS) 
ISSN Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Conference Date 2023-01-10 - 2023-01-11 
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Title (in English) A Systematic Review of Source Code Coverage Metrics: Preliminary Results 
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Keyword(1) Software testing  
Keyword(2) Test coverage  
Keyword(3) Coverage metrics  
Keyword(4) Systematic review  
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1st Author's Name Masayuki Taniguchi  
1st Author's Affiliation Osaka University (Osaka Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Shinsuke Matsumoto  
2nd Author's Affiliation Osaka University (Osaka Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Shinji Kusumoto  
3rd Author's Affiliation Osaka University (Osaka Univ.)
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Date Time 2023-01-11 14:20:00 
Presentation Time 25 minutes 
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Paper # MSS2022-58, SS2022-43 
Volume (vol) vol.122 
Number (no) no.329(MSS), no.330(SS) 
Page pp.78-83 
#Pages 6 
Date of Issue 2023-01-03 (MSS, SS) 

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