Genetic Algorithm-Based Fuzzy Inference System for Describing Execution Tracing Quality

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作者
Galli, Tamas [1 ]
Chiclana, Francisco [1 ,2 ]
Siewe, Francois [3 ]
机构
[1] De Montfort Univ, Inst Artificial Intelligence IAI, Fac Comp Engn & Media, Leicester LE1 9BH, Leics, England
[2] Univ Granada, Andalusian Res Inst Data Sci & Computat Intellige, Granada 18071, Spain
[3] De Montfort Univ, Fac Comp Engn & Media, Software Technol Res Lab STRL, Leicester LE1 9BH, Leics, England
关键词
software product quality model; quality assessment; execution tracing; logging; execution tracing quality; logging quality; fuzzy logic; artificial intelligence; CHARACTERIZING LOGGING PRACTICES; SOFTWARE QUALITY; MODEL; PROJECTS;
D O I
10.3390/math9212822
中图分类号
O1 [数学];
学科分类号
0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
Execution tracing is a tool used in the course of software development and software maintenance to identify the internal routes of execution and state changes while the software operates. Its quality has a high influence on the duration of the analysis required to locate software faults. Nevertheless, execution tracing quality has not been described by a quality model, which is an impediment while measuring software product quality. In addition, such a model needs to consider uncertainty, as the underlying factors involve human analysis and assessment. The goal of this study is to address both issues and to fill the gap by defining a quality model for execution tracing. The data collection was conducted on a defined study population with the inclusion of software professionals to consider their accumulated experiences; moreover, the data were processed by genetic algorithms to identify the linguistic rules of a fuzzy inference system. The linguistic rules constitute a human-interpretable rule set that offers further insights into the problem domain. The study found that the quality properties accuracy, design and implementation have the strongest impact on the quality of execution tracing, while the property legibility is necessary but not completely inevitable. Furthermore, the quality property security shows adverse effects on the quality of execution tracing, but its presence is required to some extent to avoid leaking information and to satisfy legal expectations. The created model is able to describe execution tracing quality appropriately. In future work, the researchers plan to link the constructed quality model to overall software product quality frameworks to consider execution tracing quality with regard to software product quality as a whole. In addition, the simplification of the mathematically complex model is also planned to ensure an easy-to-tailor approach to specific application domains.
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