App Store Analysis studies information about applications obtained from app stores. App
stores provide a wealth of information derived from users that would not exist had the …

Context Static analysis exploits techniques that parse program source code or bytecode,
often traversing program paths to check some program properties. Static analysis …

This paper compares a large set of programming languages regarding their efficiency,
including from an energetic point-of-view. Indeed, we seek to establish and analyze different …

Shake Them All is a popular" Wallpaper" application exceeding millions of downloads on
Google Play. At installation, this application is given permission to (1) access the Internet (for …

This paper presents a study of the runtime, memory usage and energy consumption of
twenty seven well-known software languages. We monitor the performance of such …

Automated testing of Android apps is essential for app users, app developers, and market
maintainer communities alike. Given the widespread adoption of Android and the …

Recent software advances have led to an expansion of the development and usage of
application programming interfaces (APIs). From millions of Android packages (APKs) …

The energy consumption of software is an increasing concern as the use of mobile
applications, embedded systems, and data center-based services expands. While research …

The mobile apps market is one of the fastest growing areas in the information technology. In
digging their market share, developers must pay attention to building robust and reliable …

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COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM | DECEMBER 2017 | VOL. 60 | NO. 12 review articles THE …