A Preliminary Study of the Impact of Code Coverage on Software Energy Consumption

Adel Noureddine (1) , Matias Martinez (2) , Houssam Kanso (1)

1 LIUPPA - Laboratoire Informatique de l'Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour
2 LAMIH - Laboratoire d'Automatique, de Mécanique et d'Informatique industrielles et Humaines - UMR 8201

Software testing plays an important role in building quality software and improving maintainability. However, there are no research studies to analyze its impact on energy efficiency. In this paper, we our hypothesis and research questions on the impact of software tests (in particular through coverage metrics) on the energy consumption of software. We also present our experimental methodology and our initial results.

Mots clés: Software Energy; Software Testing; Power Consumption; Code Coverage

Domaines: Génie logiciel [cs.SE]

Adel Noureddine, Matias Martinez, Houssam Kanso. A Preliminary Study of the Impact of Code Coverage on Software Energy Consumption. 2nd International Workshop on Sustainable Software Engineering (SUSTAINSE), Nov 2021, Melbourne, Australia. ⟨10.1109/ASEW52652.2021.00057⟩. ⟨hal-03380602⟩