A Survey on Tackling Software Configuration Faults

Abstract

With the increasing complexity of software configuration, software configuration fault has become one of the main causes of system failure. The research work of software configuration mainly focuses on detection, diagnosis and repair, so that the system can run as expected. In order to understand the research progress of software configuration faults systematically, we summarize the work on this topic in recent years. Initially, giving the research framework and two important research techniques (program analysis and machine learning) is obtained. Furthermore, the data source and research objects of this study is expounded. Additionally, summarizing the existing work from the perspectives of the two research techniques mentioned above. Then, we discuss the future directions with regard to system configuration to guide follow up research. Finally, the article is summarized briefly.