Asian Journal of Multidimensional Research
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 10

Comparison between bug finding tools with reviews and testing

*Faculty of Engineering, TeerthankerMahaveer University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Email Id- aloks.computers@tmu.ac.in

Online Published on 03 January, 2022.

Abstract

Because many vital systems depend on software, software failures may have huge implications in terms of endangering people's health as well as causing financial loss. Furthermore, as software gets more sophisticated, preventing errors becomes progressively more challenging. Using automated static analysis, bug detection programs may detect flaws in software source code. Other testing as well as review processes may take less time as a result of this automation. To do so, we must first understand how the flaws discovered by bug detecting tools connect to the problems discovered by other methods. This article presents a case study in which various initiatives, mostly from the industrial sector, were utilized to analyze interrelationships. The primary result is that bug detecting techniques mostly identify flaws that are not identified by testing; however a subgroup of defects that are found by reviews. The kinds that can be identified, on the other hand, are examined in more depth. As a result, if the large rate of false positives from the instruments can be accepted, a combination is the best option.

Keywords

Bug, Defect-Detection, False Positives, Software