An open source project typically maintains an open bug repository so that bug reports from all over the world can be gathered. When a new bug report is submitted to the repository...
Xiaoyin Wang, Lu Zhang, Tao Xie, John Anvik, Jiasu...
As the useful life expectancy of software continues to increase, the task of maintaining the source code has become the dominant phase of the software life-cycle. In order to impr...
Jason W. A. Selby, Fraser P. Ruffell, Mark Giesbre...
Using the application programming interfaces (API) of large software systems requires developers to understand details about the interfaces that are often not explicitly defined. ...
Automated formatting is an important technique for the software maintainer. It is either applied separately to improve the readability of source code, or as part of a source code ...
M. G. J. van den Brand, A. Taeke Kooiker, Jurgen J...
When we try to debug or to comprehend a large program, it is important to separate suspicious program portions from the overall source program. Program slicing is a promising tech...