Tukra: An Abstract Program Slicing Tool

Raju Halder, Agostino Cortesi

2012

Abstract

We introduce Tukra, a tool that allows the practical evaluation of abstract program slicing algorithms. The tool exploits the notions of statement relevancy, semantic data dependences and conditional dependences. The combination of these three notions allows Tukra to refine traditional syntax-based program dependence graphs, generating more accurate slices. We provide the architecture of the tool, some snapshots describing how it works, and some preliminary experimental results giving evidence of the accuracy improvements it supports.

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Halder R. and Cortesi A. (2012). Tukra: An Abstract Program Slicing Tool . In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Software Paradigm Trends - Volume 1: ICSOFT, ISBN 978-989-8565-19-8, pages 178-183. DOI: 10.5220/0004069801780183


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsoft12,
author={Raju Halder and Agostino Cortesi},
title={Tukra: An Abstract Program Slicing Tool},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Software Paradigm Trends - Volume 1: ICSOFT,},
year={2012},
pages={178-183},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004069801780183},
isbn={978-989-8565-19-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Software Paradigm Trends - Volume 1: ICSOFT,
TI - Tukra: An Abstract Program Slicing Tool
SN - 978-989-8565-19-8
AU - Halder R.
AU - Cortesi A.
PY - 2012
SP - 178
EP - 183
DO - 10.5220/0004069801780183