Effective fault localization using BP neural networks

19th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, SEKE 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 374-379

  Wong, W Eric ^a   Zhao, Lei ^a,b   Qi, Yu ^a   Cai, Kai Yuan ^b   Dong, Jing ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BP (back propagation) neural network; Execution slice; Failed test; Fault localization; Program debugging; Risk of code; Successful test

Indexed keywords

BACK-PROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORKS; BP NEURAL NETWORKS; COST PREDICTION; EXECUTION SLICE; FAULT LOCALIZATION; MACHINE LEARNING MODELS; RELIABILITY ESTIMATION; STATEMENT COVERAGE;

BACKPROPAGATION; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 51949084076     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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