کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
393151 665573 2012 14 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Using entropy measures for comparison of software traces
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی کامپیوتر هوش مصنوعی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Using entropy measures for comparison of software traces
چکیده انگلیسی

The analysis of execution paths (also known as software traces) collected from a given software product can help in a number of areas including software testing, software maintenance and program comprehension. The lack of a scalable matching algorithm operating on detailed execution paths motivates the search for an alternative solution.This paper proposes the use of word entropies for the classification of software traces. Using a well-studied defective software as an example, we investigate the application of both Shannon and extended entropies (Landsberg–Vedral, Rényi and Tsallis) to the classification of traces related to various software defects. Our study shows that using entropy measures for comparisons gives an efficient and scalable method for comparing traces. The three extended entropies, with parameters chosen to emphasize rare events, all perform similarly and are superior to the Shannon entropy.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Information Sciences - Volume 203, 25 October 2012, Pages 59–72
نویسندگان
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