Title :
The Strangest Thing About Software
Author :
Menzies, Tim ; Owen, David ; Richardson, Julian
Author_Institution :
Lane Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., West Virginia Univ.
Abstract :
Although there are times when random search is dangerous and should be avoided, software analysis should start with random methods because they are so cheap, moving to the more complex methods only when random methods fail
Keywords :
reachability analysis; search problems; software engineering; systems analysis; random search; reachability analysis; software analysis; software engineering; Computer crashes; Computer errors; Costs; Degradation; Mathematical model; Mathematics; Search engines; Search problems; Training data; Vehicle crash testing; Artificial intelligence; Data mining; LURCH; Software engineering; TAR3;
