Assessing the impact of global variables on program dependence and dependence clusters

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Binkley, David, Harman, Mark, Hassoun, Youssef, Islam, S. and Li, Zheng 2009. Assessing the impact of global variables on program dependence and dependence clusters. Journal of Systems and Software. 83 (1), pp. 96-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2009.03.038

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Authors	Binkley, David, Harman, Mark, Hassoun, Youssef, Islam, S. and Li, Zheng
Abstract	This paper presents results of a study of the effect of global variables on the quantity of dependence in general and on the presence of dependence clusters in particular. The paper introduces a simple transformation-based analysis algorithm for measuring the impact of globals on dependence. It reports on the application of this approach to the detailed assessment of dependence in an empirical study of 21 programs consisting of just over 50K lines of code. The technique is used to identify global variables that have a significant impact upon program dependence and to identify and characterize the ways in which global variable dependence may lead to dependence clusters. In the study, over half of the programs include such a global variable and a quarter have one that is solely responsible for a dependence cluster.
Keywords	Dependence cluster; Program slice; Global variable
Journal	Journal of Systems and Software
Journal citation	83 (1), pp. 96-107
ISSN	0164-1212
	1873-1228
Year	2009
Publisher	Elsevier
Accepted author manuscript	Assesing the impact - JSS 83.pdf License CC BY-NC-ND
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2009.03.038
Print	01 Apr 2009
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Accepted	19 Mar 2009
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