An empirical investigation on the challenges of creating custom static analysis rules for defect localization

• Published in: Software quality journal Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 781 - 808
• Main Authors: Mendonça, Diogo S., Kalinowski, Marcos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.09.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Compilers; Computer Science; Data Structures and Information Theory; Defects; Empirical analysis; Interpreters; Localization; Maintenance; Observational studies; Operating Systems; Programming; Programming Languages; Software; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems; Custom static analysis rules; Observational study; Code defect patterns; Pattern-Driven Maintenance

Custom static analysis rules, i.e., rules specific for one or more applications, have been successfully applied to perform corrective and preventive software maintenance. Pattern-driven maintenance (PDM) is a method designed to support the creation of such rules during software maintenance. However,...