A survey of challenges in spectrum-based software fault localization

QI Sarhan, Á Beszédes - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In software debugging, fault localization is the most difficult, expensive, tedious, and time-
consuming task, particularly for large-scale software systems. This is due to the fact that it …

Software requirements negotiation: A review on challenges

S Abdullahi, MA Zayyad, N Yusuf, LI Bagiwa… - International Journal of …, 2021 - ijic.utm.my
Requirements negotiation involves discussion on the requirements conflict to have some
compromise that will satisfy the participating stakeholders of a software project. The output of …

Hmbfl: Higher-order mutation-based fault localization

Z Li, B Shi, H Wang, Y Liu… - 2021 8th International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fault localization is one of the most important processes in debugging. Among various
automated fault localization techniques, Mutation-Based Fault Localization (MBFL) is one of …

Method calls frequency-based tie-breaking strategy for software fault localization

QI Sarhan, B Vancsics… - 2021 IEEE 21st …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In Spectrum-Based Fault Localization (SBFL), a suspiciousness score is assigned to each
code element based on test coverage and test outcomes. The scores are then used to rank …

Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Study on the Impact of Coincidental Correct Test Cases in Multiple Fault Localization

Y Wu, Y Liu, W Wang, Z Li, X Chen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To improve the efficiency of the fault localization process, different automatic fault
localization approaches have been proposed. Among these approaches, the spectrum …

Mulr4FL: effective fault localization of evolution software based on multivariate logistic regression model

X Ju, J Qian, Z Chen, C Zhao, J Qian - Ieee Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fault localization is indeed tedious and costly work during software maintenance. Studies
indicate that combining both structural features and behavior characteristics of programs can …

The MADAG Strategy for Fault Location Techniques

SDA Wu, JH Lo - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Spectrum-based fault localization (SBFL), which utilizes spectrum information of test cases
to calculate the suspiciousness of each statement in a program, can reduce developers' …

Spectrum Impact Analysis of Fault Proneness Statement for Improved Fault Localization

MA Kabir, MMM Islam, SMH Mahmud… - Proceedings of the 2nd …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Background: Fault localization is an important approach aimed at discovering faults in
source codes to accelerate the activities of software development and maintenance …

Identifying Coincidental Correct Test Cases with Multiple Features Extraction for Fault Localization

Y Wu, S Tian, Z Yang, Z Li, Y Liu… - 2023 IEEE 47th Annual …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spectrum-Based Fault Localization (SBFL) technique is widely applied for fault localization,
identifying faulty statements potentially resulting in unexpected faulty programs' behavior …