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@inproceedings{Dietz-Nips09, abstract = {We devise a graphical model that supports the process of debugging software by guiding developers to code that is likely to contain defects. The model is trained using execution traces of passing test runs; it reflects the distribution over transitional patterns of code positions. Given a failing test case, the model determines the least likely transitional pattern in the execution trace. The model is designed such that Bayesian inference has a closed-form solution. We evaluate the Bernoulli graph model on data of the software projects AspectJ and Rhino.}, author = {Dietz, Laura and Dallmeier, Valentin and Zeller, Andreas and Scheffer, Tobias}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems}, citeulike-article-id = {5943760}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/~dietz/dietz-nips09-supplement.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/~dietz/dietz-nips09.pdf}, keywords = {se-traceing, se-tracing}, posted-at = {2009-10-15 13:07:20}, priority = {2}, title = {Localizing Bugs in Program Executions with Graphical Models}, url = {http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/~dietz/dietz-nips09-supplement.pdf}, year = {2009} }

TY - CONF ID - Dietz-Nips09 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5943760 N2 - We devise a graphical model that supports the process of debugging software by guiding developers to code that is likely to contain defects. The model is trained using execution traces of passing test runs; it reflects the distribution over transitional patterns of code positions. Given a failing test case, the model determines the least likely transitional pattern in the execution trace. The model is designed such that Bayesian inference has a closed-form solution. We evaluate the Bernoulli graph model on data of the software projects AspectJ and Rhino. TI - Localizing Bugs in Program Executions with Graphical Models T2 - Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems KW - se-traceing KW - se-tracing AU - Dietz, Laura AU - Dallmeier, Valentin AU - Zeller, Andreas AU - Scheffer, Tobias PY - 2009/// UR - http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/~dietz/dietz-nips09-supplement.pdf ER -