We present a novel dynamic analysis technique that finds real deadlocks in multi-threaded programs. Our technique runs in two stages. In the first stage, we use an imprecise dyn...
Pallavi Joshi, Chang-Seo Park, Koushik Sen, Mayur ...
Form-based visual programming languages, which include commercial spreadsheets and various research systems, have had a substantial impact on end-user computing. Research shows, h...
Gregg Rothermel, Lixin Li, Christopher DuPuis, Mar...
Software engineers need to understand programs in order to effectively maintain them. The call graph, which presents the calling relationships between functions, is a useful repre...
Explicitly stated program invariants can help programmers by characterizing certain aspects of program execution and identifying program properties that must be preserved when mod...
Michael D. Ernst, Adam Czeisler, William G. Griswo...
Real-time embedded systems are time-critical systems that are hard to implement as compared to traditional commercial software, due to the large number of conflicting requirements...