Coverage-based fault localization has been extensively studied in the literature due to its
effectiveness and lightweightness for real-world systems. However, existing techniques …

Configuration changes are among the dominant causes of failures of large-scale software
system deployment. Given the velocity of configuration changes, typically at the scale of …

Software testing techniques are crucial for detecting faults in software and reducing the risk
of using it. As such, it is important that we have a good understanding of how to evaluate …

On-board embedded software developed for spaceflight systems (space software) must
adhere to stringent software quality assurance procedures. For example, verification and …

Mutation analysis is a powerful dynamic approach that has many applications, such as
measuring the quality of test suites or automatically locating faults. However, the inherent …

Mutation analysis has many applications, such as assessing the quality of test cases, fault
localization, test input generation, security analysis, etc. Such applications involve running …

A significant change in software development over the last decade has been the growth of
test automation. Most software organizations automate as many tests as possible, which not …

As software evolves, developers typically perform regression testing to ensure that their
code changes do not break existing functionalities. During regression testing, developers …

Program repair is an integral part of every software system's life-cycle but can be extremely
challenging. To date, researchers have proposed various automated program repair (APR) …

Mutation testing is the state-of-the-art technique for assessing the fault detection capacity of
a test suite. Unfortunately, it is seldom applied in practice because it is computationally …