Debugging through evaluation sequences: A controlled experimental study

Proceedings - International Computer Software and Applications Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 128-135

  Zhang, Zhenyu ^a   Jiang, Bo ^a   Chan, W K ^b   Tse, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Evaluation sequence; Fault localization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTERS; STATISTICS; WORD PROCESSING;

ATOMIC UNITS; CIRCUIT EVALUATION; EVALUATION SEQUENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FAULT LOCALIZATION; LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUES; PROGRAM EXECUTIONS;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 51949098582     PISSN: 07303157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COMPSAC.2008.207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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