Locating faulty code by multiple points slicing

Software - Practice and Experience

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 935-961

  Zhang, Xiangyu ^a   Gupta, Neelam ^a   Gupta, Rajiv ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidirectional dynamic slice; Dynamic backward slice; Dynamic dependence graph; Fault location; Forward dynamic slice; Multiple points dynamic slice

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; PROGRAM DEBUGGING;

BIDIRECTIONAL DYNAMIC SLICE; DYNAMIC BACKWARD SLICE; DYNAMIC DEPENDENCE GRAPH; DYNAMIC SLICES; FAULT LOCATION; FORWARD DYNAMIC SLICE; MULTIPLE POINTS DYNAMIC SLICE;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 34547235695     PISSN: 00380644     EISSN: 1097024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spe.795     Document Type: Article

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