The interaction of software with its execution environment is an underestimated cause of complex faults activation and systems failure. This paper discusses a possible framework to emulate anomalous environment conditions in order to assess the impact of the execution environment on a software application under test. We discuss a characterization of the software’s execution environment, introducing a classification of failure-exposing conditions of the environment state. Based on this, a set of possible environmental fault operators is introduced, aimed to assess the reaction of an application under unforeseen environment conditions. Practicability of the approach by means of existing fault injection and mutation testing technologies is discussed, along with future challenges and research directions.
Emulating Environment-Dependent Software Faults / Pietrantuono, Roberto; Russo, Stefano; K., Trivedi. - (2015), pp. 34-40. (Intervento presentato al convegno 37th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2015 tenutosi a Firenze nel 23 Maggio 2015) [10.1109/COUFLESS.2015.13].
Emulating Environment-Dependent Software Faults
PIETRANTUONO, ROBERTO;RUSSO, STEFANO;
2015
Abstract
The interaction of software with its execution environment is an underestimated cause of complex faults activation and systems failure. This paper discusses a possible framework to emulate anomalous environment conditions in order to assess the impact of the execution environment on a software application under test. We discuss a characterization of the software’s execution environment, introducing a classification of failure-exposing conditions of the environment state. Based on this, a set of possible environmental fault operators is introduced, aimed to assess the reaction of an application under unforeseen environment conditions. Practicability of the approach by means of existing fault injection and mutation testing technologies is discussed, along with future challenges and research directions.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
