Poster: Are information retrieval-based bug localization techniques trustworthy?

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Abstract

Information retrieval-based bug localization techniques are evaluated using datasets with an oracle. However, datasets can contain non-buggy files, which affect the reliability of these techniques. To investigate the impact of non-buggy files, we show that a test file can be regarded as a buggy file. Then, we determined if this file caused inaccuracies that would eventually affect the trustworthiness of previous techniques. We further analyzed the impact of test files on IR-based bug localization through three research questions. Our results show that the test files significantly impact the performance of the techniques. Furthermore, MAP increased by a maximum of 21%, and MRR decreased by a maximum of 13%.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages248-249
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781450356633
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 May 2018
Event40th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2018 - Gothenburg, Sweden
Duration: 27 May 20183 Jun 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering
ISSN (Print)0270-5257

Conference

Conference40th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2018
Country/TerritorySweden
CityGothenburg
Period27/05/183/06/18

Keywords

  • Bug report
  • Empirical study
  • Information retrieval-based bug localization
  • Test file
  • Trustworthness

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