SHF:Small:Collaborative Research: Test-Centric Architecture Modeling

SHF:Small:协作研究：以测试为中心的架构建模

• 批准号: 1909085
• 负责人: Tingting Yu
• 金额: $ 23.92万
• 依托单位: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-10-01 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1909085&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SHF; Small; Collaborative; Research; Test

Software architecture and software testing are both important areas of research and practice in software engineering. Research in software architectural modeling and analysis has focused on providing general guidance in software design, development, and maintenance. Research in software testing has examined a broad spectrum of endeavors, ranging from development testing to regression testing for maintenance. However, the two areas have long been disjoint from each other. That is, architecture modeling and analysis techniques are largely agnostic to the unique design features of test code, whereas software testing is conducted without leveraging any architectural guidance. This project aims to build a novel architecture-modeling framework to bridge the gap between software architecture and testing. The project will enable the synergy between architecture and test efficiency across the long lifetimes of modern software systems that can provide theoretical advances and practical solutions in both fields. Practitioners will be able to use the output instruments to understand, evaluate, and improve the architecture of a system to benefit software testing and maintenance. Researchers will be able to leverage the techniques, tools, and data created in this project to support a variety of gap-bridging research efforts. Software-engineering educators will be able to rethink and rejuvenate the way that software architecture and software testing topics are taught. To achieve the above vision, the research team will create a family of first-of-its-kind architectural modeling and analysis techniques that centers on testing and amplifies benefits to both software architecture and software testing. More specifically, this modeling and analysis framework includes 1) A test-centric architecture modeling approach to help developers and practitioners understand and evaluate the architectural design of test code, e.g., whether the design is good or bad, easy or difficult to maintain and test; 2) A test-centric architectural-analysis approach to detect and analyze architectural anti-patterns centered around test code that hinder maintenance and increase costs on test code; and 3) An architecture-guided testing approach that provides cost-effective regression-testing techniques, including regression-testing selection and prioritization, built upon the high-level architectural modeling. This project directly contributes to the stated goals of the Computing and Communication Foundations program of addressing problems fundamental to improving software quality and, thus, benefits all segments of society that depend on software.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

软件体系结构和软件测试既是软件工程研究和实践的重要领域。软件架构建模和分析的研究重点是在软件设计，开发和维护方面提供一般指导。软件测试的研究检查了各种各样的努力，从开发测试到回归测试的维护。但是，这两个领域长期以来一直处于彼此之间。也就是说，体系结构建模和分析技术在很大程度上不可知测试代码的独特设计特征，而软件测试是在不利用任何建筑指导的情况下进行的。该项目旨在建立一个新颖的体系结构模型框架，以弥合软件体系结构和测试之间的差距。 该项目将在现代软件系统的漫长一生中实现建筑与测试效率之间的协同作用，这些系统可以在这两个领域提供理论进步和实用解决方案。从业者将能够使用输出工具来理解，评估和改进系统的体系结构，以使软件测试和维护受益。研究人员将能够利用该项目中创建的技术，工具和数据，以支持各种间隙桥梁研究工作。软件工程教育者将能够重新考虑和恢复软件架构和软件测试主题的方式。为了实现上述愿景，研究团队将创建一个首先的建筑建筑建模和分析技术，该技术以测试为中心，并放大了软件体系结构和软件测试的好处。更具体地说，该建模和分析框架包括1）一种以测试为中心的体系结构建模方法，可帮助开发人员和从业人员理解和评估测试代码的架构设计，例如，设计是好还是坏，容易或难以维护和测试； 2）一种以测试为中心的建筑 - 分析方法，用于检测和分析以测试代码为中心的建筑反图案，以阻碍维护并增加测试代码的成本； 3）一种建筑指导的测试方法，该方法提供了基于高级体系结构建模的基于回归测试选择和优先级，包括回归测试选择和优先级。该项目直接促进了计算和通信基础计划的既定目标，旨在解决针对改善软件质量的问题，从而使依赖软件的所有社会领域的所有领域都受益。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的审查标准来通过评估来通过评估来支持的。