Theory and practice, do they match? A case with spectrum-based fault localization

IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, ICSM

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 380-383

  Le, Tien Duy B ^a   Thung, Ferdian ^a   Lo, David ^a  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Empirical Study; Fault Localization; Program Spectra; Theory

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EXECUTION TRACE; FAULT LOCALIZATION; PROGRAM SPECTRA; PROGRAM UNITS; THEORY; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 84891708389     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSM.2013.52     Document Type: Conference Paper

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