A Fault Localization and Debugging Support Framework driven by Bug Tracking Data

Thomas Hirsch

doi:10.1109/ISSREW51248.2020.00053

A Fault Localization and Debugging Support Framework driven by Bug Tracking Data

Thomas Hirsch

Institute of Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence (7160)

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review

Abstract

Fault localization has been determined as a major resource factor in the software development life cycle. Academic fault localization techniques are mostly unknown and unused in professional environments. Although manual debugging approaches can vary significantly depending on bug type (e.g. memory bugs or semantic bugs), these differences are not reflected in most existing fault localization tools. Little research has gone into automated identification of bug types to optimize the fault localization process. Further, existing fault localization techniques leverage on historical data only for augmentation of suspiciousness rankings. This thesis aims to provide a fault localization framework by combining data from various sources to help developers in the fault localization process. To achieve this, a bug classification schema is introduced, benchmarks are created, and a novel fault localization method based on historical data is proposed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2020 IEEE 31st International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops, ISSREW 2020
Editors	Marco Vieira, Henrique Madeira, Nuno Antunes, Zheng Zheng
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	139-142
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728198705
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSREW51248.2020.00053
Publication status	Published - Jan 2021
Event	31st International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering: 2020 ISSRE - Virtual, Coimbra, Portugal Duration: 12 Oct 2020 → 12 Oct 2020 http://2020.issre.net/

Conference

Conference	31st International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering
Abbreviated title	ISSRE 2020
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Virtual, Coimbra
Period	12/10/20 → 12/10/20
Internet address	http://2020.issre.net/

Keywords

debugging
fault taxonomy
bug data mining
fault localization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Fields of Expertise

Information, Communication & Computing

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Hirsch, T. (2021). A Fault Localization and Debugging Support Framework driven by Bug Tracking Data. In M. Vieira, H. Madeira, N. Antunes, & Z. Zheng (Eds.), Proceedings - 2020 IEEE 31st International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops, ISSREW 2020 (pp. 139-142). Article 9307701 IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSREW51248.2020.00053

A Fault Localization and Debugging Support Framework driven by Bug Tracking Data. / Hirsch, Thomas.
Proceedings - 2020 IEEE 31st International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops, ISSREW 2020. ed. / Marco Vieira; Henrique Madeira; Nuno Antunes; Zheng Zheng. IEEE Computer Society, 2021. p. 139-142 9307701.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review

Hirsch, T 2021, A Fault Localization and Debugging Support Framework driven by Bug Tracking Data. in M Vieira, H Madeira, N Antunes & Z Zheng (eds), Proceedings - 2020 IEEE 31st International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops, ISSREW 2020., 9307701, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 139-142, 31st International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, Virtual, Coimbra, Portugal, 12/10/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSREW51248.2020.00053

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A Fault Localization and Debugging Support Framework driven by Bug Tracking Data

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