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An empirical investigation on the impact of design pattern application on computer game defects

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Apostolos Ampatzoglou,

Apostolos Kritikos,

Elvira-Maria Arvanitou,

Antonis Gortzis,

Fragkiskos Chatziasimidis,

Ioannis StamelosAuthors Info & Claims

MindTrek '11: Proceedings of the 15th International Academic MindTrek Conference: Envisioning Future Media Environments

Pages 214 - 221

https://doi.org/10.1145/2181037.2181074

Published: 28 September 2011 Publication History

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the correlation between design pattern application and software defects. In order to achieve this goal we conducted an empirical study on java open source games. More specifically, we examined several successful open source games, identified the number of defects, the debugging rate and performed design pattern related measurements. The results of the study suggest that the overall number of design pattern instances is not correlated to defect frequency and debugging effectiveness. However, specific design patterns appear to have a significant impact on the number of reported bugs and debugging rate.

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MindTrek '11: Proceedings of the 15th International Academic MindTrek Conference: Envisioning Future Media Environments

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DOI:10.1145/2181037

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