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ISESE
2006
IEEE
15 years 3 months ago
Identifying domain-specific defect classes using inspections and change history
We present an iterative, reading-based methodology for analyzing defects in source code when change history is available. Our bottom-up approach can be applied to build knowledge ...
Taiga Nakamura, Lorin Hochstein, Victor R. Basili
ICST
2010
IEEE
14 years 8 months ago
Searching for a Needle in a Haystack: Predicting Security Vulnerabilities for Windows Vista
—Many factors are believed to increase the vulnerability of software system; for example, the more widely deployed or popular is a software system the more likely it is to be att...
Thomas Zimmermann, Nachiappan Nagappan, Laurie A. ...
ICSM
2009
IEEE
15 years 4 months ago
A statistical examination of the evolution and properties of libre software
How and why does software evolve? This question has been under study since almost 40 years ago, and it is still a subject of controversy. In the seventies, Meir M. Lehman formulat...
Israel Herraiz
ISSRE
2006
IEEE
15 years 3 months ago
Memoized Forward Computation of Dynamic Slices
Forward computation of dynamic slices is necessary to support interactive debugging and online analysis of long running programs. However, the overhead of existing forward computi...
Wes Masri, Nagi Nahas, Andy Podgurski
ICSM
2005
IEEE
15 years 3 months ago
A Controlled Experiment Assessing Test Case Prioritization Techniques via Mutation Faults
Regression testing is an important part of software maintenance, but it can also be very expensive. To reduce this expense, software testers may prioritize their test cases so tha...
Hyunsook Do, Gregg Rothermel