On the relation between external software quality and static code analysis

R. Plösch; H. Gruber; A. Hentschel; G. Pomberger; S. Schiffer

doi:10.1109/SEW.2008.17

On the relation between external software quality and static code analysis

R. Plösch, H. Gruber, A. Hentschel, G. Pomberger, S. Schiffer

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Abstract

Only a few studies exist that try to investigate whether there is a significant correlation between external software quality and the data provided by static code analysis tools. A clarification on this issue could pave the way for more precise prediction models on the probability of defects based on the violation of programming rules. We therefore initiated a study where the defect data of selected versions of the open source development environment "Eclipse SDK" is correlated with the data provided by the static code analysis tools PMD and FindBugs applied the source code of Eclipse. The results from this study are promising as especially some PMD rulesets show a good correlation with the defect data and could therefore serve as basis for measurement, control and prediction of software quality.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	32nd Annual IEEE Software Engineering Workshop, SEW-32 2008
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	169-174
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9780769536170
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SEW.2008.17
Publication status	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	32nd Annual IEEE Software Engineering Workshop, SEW-32 2008 - Kassandra, Greece Duration: 15 Oct 2008 → 16 Oct 2008

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Name	32nd Annual IEEE Software Engineering Workshop, SEW-32 2008

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Conference	32nd Annual IEEE Software Engineering Workshop, SEW-32 2008
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Kassandra
Period	15.10.2008 → 16.10.2008

Keywords

Correlation analysis
External quality
Predicting failure and defects
Static code analysis

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Plösch, R, Gruber, H, Hentschel, A, Pomberger, G & Schiffer, S 2008, On the relation between external software quality and static code analysis. in 32nd Annual IEEE Software Engineering Workshop, SEW-32 2008., 5328373, 32nd Annual IEEE Software Engineering Workshop, SEW-32 2008, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 169-174, 32nd Annual IEEE Software Engineering Workshop, SEW-32 2008, Kassandra, Greece, 15.10.2008. https://doi.org/10.1109/SEW.2008.17

On the relation between external software quality and static code analysis. / Plösch, R.; Gruber, H.; Hentschel, A. et al.
32nd Annual IEEE Software Engineering Workshop, SEW-32 2008. IEEE Computer Society, 2008. p. 169-174 5328373 (32nd Annual IEEE Software Engineering Workshop, SEW-32 2008).

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