Just-In-Time Bug Prediction in Mobile Applications: The Domain Matters!

Abstract

Bug prediction allows developers to focus testing eorts onspecic areas of software systems. While this topic has beenextensively studied for traditional applications, investiga-tions on mobile apps are still missing. In this paper wepreliminarily study the eectiveness of a previously denedJust-In-Time bug prediction model applied onve mobileapps. Key results indicate the poor performance of the modeland the need of further research on the topic.