F007: Finding rediscovered faults from the field using function-level failed traces of software in the field

Proceedings of the 2010 Conference of the Center for Advanced Studies on Collaborative Research, CASCON'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 57-71

  Murtaza, Syed Shariyar ^a   Gittens, Mechelle ^a   Li, Zude ^a   Madhavji, Nazim H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSE GRAINS; DEPLOYED SOFTWARE; FAULT PRONENESS; FINER GRAINS; SIEMENS; SYSTEM CODES;

LOCOMOTIVES; RAILROAD CARS; RESEARCH;

DECISION TREES;

EID: 79951891667     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1923947.1923954     Document Type: Conference Paper

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