Detecting ripple effects of program modifications on a software system's functionality
Jean‐Christophe Deprez, Arun Lakhotia · 2003
Deepest thanks to my advisor, Dr. Arun Lakhotia. Since the beginning of my graduate studies in 1995, Dr. Lakhotia has been a very influential person. He has made me a research scientist, and that is invaluable. I also want to give my greatest gratitude to my other committee members, Dr. William R. Edwards Jr. and Dr. Vijay V. Raghavan. Their comments significantly improved this dissertation. I am also grateful to Dr. Hira Agrawal from Telecordia Technologies for giving me free access to the χSuds ™ toolsuite. This greatly helped in the implementation of Sonar. My thanks to Elisha Trombley for her editing work. Je ne pourrai jamais assez remercier ma femme, Fabienne, et ma mère, Nadine. Je n’y serai jamais arriver sans vous deux. Vos encouragements, vos conseils et votre patience ont fait toute la différence. Table of Content