Automatic mining of source code repositories to improve bug finding techniques

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 466-480

  Williams, Chadd C ^a   Hollingsworth, Jeffrey K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Configuration control; Debugging aids; Testing tools; Version control

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER TESTING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; SERVERS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CONFIGURATION CONTROL; DEBUGGING AIDS; SOURCE CODE REPOSITORIES; TESTING TOOLS; VERSION CONTROL;

DATA MINING;

EID: 24344496977     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2005.63     Document Type: Article

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