Work in progress - Measuring the ROItimefor Static Analysis

Author

Schilling, Walter W., Jr. ; Alam, Mansoor

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Toledo Univ., OH

fYear

2005

fDate

19-22 Oct. 2005

Abstract

Static analysis is one method that offers potential for reducing errors in delivered software. Static analysis is currently used to discover buffer overflows and mathematical errors, as well as verifying compliance with documented programming standards. Static analysis is routinely used in safety critical software applications within the avionics and automotive industries. Outside of these applications, static analysis is not a routinely taught method for software development. This paper intends to provide a quantitative measure for evaluating the effectiveness of static analysis as well as presenting results from an academic environment

Keywords

automobile industry; avionics; computer science education; program diagnostics; software tools; ROI_time; academic environment; automotive industries; avionics; buffer overflows; documented programming standards; mathematical errors; safety critical software applications; software development; static analysis; Application software; Computer languages; Failure analysis; ISO standards; Phase detection; Software quality; Software safety; Software tools; Standards development; Time measurement; Computer science education; Programming environments; Software economics; Software engineering; Software metrics; Software tools; Static Analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education, 2005. FIE '05. Proceedings 35th Annual Conference

Conference_Location

Indianopolis, IN

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9077-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2005.1612031

Filename

1612031