IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering最新文献

{"title":"Influence of the 1990 IEEE TSE Paper “Automated Software Test Data Generation” on Software Engineering","authors":"Bogdan Korel","doi":"10.1109/tse.2025.3540430","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2025.3540430","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13324,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143367299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Design and Assurance of Control Software","authors":"Nancy G. Leveson","doi":"10.1109/TSE.2025.3539975","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TSE.2025.3539975","url":null,"abstract":"When I was EIC of TSE and before, software design approaches were matched with the type of application. Since that time, software has become a major component in the control of potentially dangerous systems and has grown enormously in size. Most of these systems require high assurance of important properties, such as safety and security, and sometimes, require regulatory certification before they can be used. Today, however, such assurance is usually very expensive and limited in its power. This short paper proposes a change in how software is designed that can greatly simplify the development, assurance, and maintenance and evolution of critical control software.","PeriodicalId":13324,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","volume":"51 3","pages":"666-672"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10877915","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143367297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Reflection on Change Classification in the Era of Large Language Models","authors":"Sunghun Kim, Shivkumar Shivaji, Jim Whitehead","doi":"10.1109/tse.2025.3539566","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2025.3539566","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13324,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143191821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Retrospective on Whole Test Suite Generation: On the Role of SBST in the Age of LLMs","authors":"Gordon Fraser, Andrea Arcuri","doi":"10.1109/tse.2025.3539458","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2025.3539458","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13324,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143191823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Decision Support for Selecting Blockchain-Based Application Design Patterns With Layered Taxonomy and Quality Attributes","authors":"Yanze Wang;Yiling Huang;Jingyue Li;Shanshan Li;He Zhang;Jun Lyu;Chenxing Zhong;Xiaodong Liu;Bohan Liu;Yue Liu;Qinghua Lu;Xin Zhou","doi":"10.1109/TSE.2025.3538612","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TSE.2025.3538612","url":null,"abstract":"<bold><i>Background:</i></b> Along with the rapid development and widespread adoption of blockchain technology, many common practices have been summarized into blockchain-based design patterns for application development. However, the numerous and scattered patterns may cause confusion among practitioners. Therefore, adopting appropriate patterns to meet various requirements has become a major challenge, as it requires deep development experience and blockchain technology knowledge. <bold><i>Objective:</i></b> To address this problem, this paper proposes a decision-support solution to assist with the selection of design patterns during the blockchain-based application development, including a layered taxonomy of design patterns, mappings of quality attributes with the patterns, and a decision model incorporating the taxonomy and mappings. <bold><i>Method:</i></b> We collected 72 distinct and state-of-the-art design patterns via a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to establish a layered taxonomy, and 18 unified quality attribute metrics were proposed for blockchain-based pattern assessment and mapping establishment. Based on the pattern taxonomy and quality attribute mappings, we developed a decision model that can provide intuitive guidance for pattern selection. <bold><i>Results:</i></b> The proposed solution was evaluated through a case study in a seafood supply chain, in which we examined how well the decision model could help identify design flaws and provide reasonable solutions. Additionally, interviews and a questionnaire-based survey were conducted to measure the completeness, correctness, and usefulness of the proposed decision model. The evaluation results indicate that the proposed decision-support solution provides developers with comprehensive guidance, facilitates targeted decision making, and supports intuitive understanding. <bold><i>Conclusions:</i></b> Our decision-support solution can improve the development efficiency of blockchain-based applications, especially in addressing potential design flaws, achieving targeted quality attributes, and reducing development costs.","PeriodicalId":13324,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","volume":"51 4","pages":"1039-1066"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143191822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Qualitative Research Methods in Software Engineering: Past, Present, and Future","authors":"Carolyn Seaman, Rashina Hoda, Robert Feldt","doi":"10.1109/tse.2025.3538751","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2025.3538751","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13324,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","volume":"135 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143125047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Retrospective of ChangeDistiller: Tree Differencing for Fine-Grained Source Code Change Extraction","authors":"Beat Fluri, Michael Würsch, Martin Pinzger, Harald Gall","doi":"10.1109/tse.2025.3538326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2025.3538326","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13324,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143125139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"On “Prioritizing Test Cases for Regression Testing”","authors":"Gregg Rothermel, Roland Untch","doi":"10.1109/tse.2025.3538490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2025.3538490","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13324,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143125062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Program Slicing: A Brief Retrospective","authors":"Keith B. Gallagher, Suzanne J. Kozaitis","doi":"10.1109/tse.2025.3538279","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2025.3538279","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13324,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143125140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"One Sentence Can Kill the Bug: Auto-Replay Mobile App Crashes From One-Sentence Overviews","authors":"Yuchao Huang;Junjie Wang;Zhe Liu;Mingyang Li;Song Wang;Chunyang Chen;Yuanzhe Hu;Qing Wang","doi":"10.1109/TSE.2025.3535938","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TSE.2025.3535938","url":null,"abstract":"Crash reports play a crucial role in software maintenance as they inform developers about the issues encountered in mobile applications. Developers must reproduce the reported crash before fixing it, which is extremely time-consuming and tedious. Existing studies have focused on automatic crash reproduction with step-by-step instructions. However, a non-neglectable portion of crash reports only provides a one-sentence overview, which merely describes the final crash-triggering action. These reports require developers to invest more effort in understanding and fixing the issues while existing techniques cannot handle them due to the lack of step-by-step guidance, thus calling for a greater need for automatic support. Leveraging the capability of Large Language Models (LLMs) in combining acting and reasoning, we propose ReActDroid, an automated approach to reproduce mobile application crashes directly from the crash overview. ReActDroid utilizes ReAct prompting to augment the app-specific knowledge and exploration history, enabling the LLM to derive the necessary steps for triggering the crash from a comprehensive and historical perspective. We evaluate ReActDroid on 102 crash reports from 69 popular Android apps and successfully reproduce 57.8% of the crashes, surpassing the performance of state-of-the-art baselines by 69% to 321%. Besides, the average reproducing time is 51.8 seconds, outperforming the baselines by 73% to 949%. We also evaluate the usefulness of ReActDroid with promising results.","PeriodicalId":13324,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","volume":"51 4","pages":"975-989"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143083737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}