This paper introduces the bisection debugging model. The key idea is to use a debugger to identify the semantic differences between two versions of the same program. The debugger ...
Abstract. This paper describes the development of two kinds of atomic action schemes for Ada 95. We start by discussing the basic features required of an atomic action scheme and w...
Alexander B. Romanovsky, Stuart E. Mitchell, Andy ...
Testing of concurrent programs is much more difficult than that of sequential programs. A concurrent program behaves nondeterministically, that is, the program may produce differe...
1 In this paper we characterize and model the cost of rework in a Component Factory (CF) organization. A CF is responsible for developing and packaging reusable software components...
Victor R. Basili, Steven E. Condon, Khaled El Emam...
We present the design of a dynamic compilation system for C. Directed by a few declarative user annotations specifying where and on what dynamic compilation is to take place, a bi...
Brian Grant, Markus Mock, Matthai Philipose, Craig...