Debugging

Fault density, fault types, and spectra-based fault localization
This paper presents multiple empirical experiments that investigate the impact of fault quantity and fault type on statistical, …
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Concept-based failure clustering
When attempting to determine the number and set of execution failures that are caused by particular faults, developers must perform an …
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Software Behavior and Failure Clustering: An Empirical Study of Fault Causality
To cluster executions that exhibit faulty behavior by the faults that cause them, researchers have proposed using internal execution …
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Weighted System Dependence Graph
In this paper, we present a weighted, hybrid program-dependence model that represents the relevance of highly related, dependent code …
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On the influence of multiple faults on coverage-based fault localization
This paper presents an empirical study on the effects of the quantity of faults on statistical, coverage-based fault localization …
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Rapid: Identifying Bug Signatures to Support Debugging Activities
Most existing fault-localization techniques focus on identifying and reporting single statements that may contain a fault. Even in …
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Fault localization using visualization of test information
Attempts to reduce the number of delivered faults in software are estimated to consume 50% to 80% of the development and maintenance …
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Technical note: visually encoding program test information to find faults in software
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