Spectrum-based fault localization (SBFL) techniques are widely studied and have been
evaluated to be effective in locating faults. Recent studies also showed that developers from …

Researchers have argued that for failure to be observed the following three conditions must
be met: CR= the defect was reached; CI= the program has transitioned into an infectious …

Testing and debugging is the most expensive, error-prone phase in the software
development life cycle. Automated software fault localization can drastically improve the …

Despite the proven applicability of the spectrum-based fault localization (SBFL) methods,
their effectiveness may be degraded due to the presence of coincidental correctness, which …

Coincidental correctness (CC) arises when a defective program produces the correct output
despite the fact that the defect within was exercised. Researchers have recognized the …

CONTEXT: Existing fault-localization techniques combine various program features and
similarity coefficients with the aim of precisely assessing the similarities among the dynamic …

Spectrum-based fault localization (SBFL) is a promising approach to reduce the cost of
program debugging and there has been a large body of research on introducing effective …

In this article we emphasize that most of the faults, appearing in real-world programs, are
complicated and there exists a high interaction between faulty and other correlated …

Context Program execution profiles have been extensively and successfully used in several
dynamic analysis fields such as software testing and fault localization. Objective This paper …

Cleansing coincidental correctness test cases has been proven to be useful in software fault
localization. However, k-means clustering-based coincidental correctness test cases …