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SIGSOFT
2007
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
State space exploration using feedback constraint generation and Monte-Carlo sampling
The systematic exploration of the space of all the behaviours of a software system forms the basis of numerous approaches to verification. However, existing approaches face many c...
Sriram Sankaranarayanan, Richard M. Chang, Guofei ...
GECCO
2010
Springer
172views Optimization» more  GECCO 2010»
15 years 2 months ago
Designing better fitness functions for automated program repair
Evolutionary methods have been used to repair programs automatically, with promising results. However, the fitness function used to achieve these results was based on a few simpl...
Ethan Fast, Claire Le Goues, Stephanie Forrest, We...
EURODAC
1994
IEEE
211views VHDL» more  EURODAC 1994»
15 years 1 months ago
Advanced simulation and modeling techniques for hardware quality verification of digital systems
synchronisation also play a fundamental role in overall system robustness. ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and ElectroMagnetic Interference (EMI) issues also have to be conside...
S. Forno, Stephen Rochel
CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
Designing for discovery: opening the hood for open-source end user tinkering
According to the Free Software Movement, the user ought to have "the freedoms to make changes, and to publish improved versions" and "to study how the program works...
Gifford Cheung, Parmit Chilana, Shaun K. Kane, Bra...
SP
2000
IEEE
105views Security Privacy» more  SP 2000»
15 years 2 months ago
Open Source in Security: Visiting the Bizarre
Although open-source software development has virtues, there is reason to believe that the approach would not have a significant effect on the security of today’s systems. The ...
Fred B. Schneider