24. Open source on bug patrol25 leading-edge IT research projects | NetworkWorld.com Community
An open source tool is being readied for release this year that its creators say could dramatically speed software development and improve software quality.
Computer scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Texas at Arlington credit the use of "combinatorial testing" for their breakthrough.
The trick is being able to quickly test interactions of up to six variables. The work stemmed from research into what really causes bugs in software. The researchers found that it is more often caused by problematic interactions between a few variables rather than a bunch even if a program, such as an e-commerce application, features hundreds of variables.
Findings of this latest software debugging research are described in several presentations, one by NIST researchers and another by University of Texas researchers
Developers interested in getting your hands on code should contact NIST's Raghu Kacker.
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