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We present a statistical debugging algorithm that isolates bugs in programs containing multiple undiagnosed bugs. Earlier statistical algorithms that focus solely on identifying predictors that correlate with program failure perform poorly when there are multiple bugs. Our new technique separates the effects of different bugs and identifies predictors that are associated with individual bugs. These predictors reveal both the circumstances under which bugs occur as well as the frequencies of failure modes, making it easier to prioritize debugging efforts. Our algorithm is validated using several case studies, including examples in which the algorithm identified previously unknown, significant crashing bugs in widely used systems.
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Ben Liblit
Amazon (United States)
Mayur Naik
Georgia Institute of Technology
Alice X. Zheng
Broad Institute
ACM SIGPLAN Notices
Stanford University
University of California, Berkeley
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a111532c56c5252651a32dc — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/1064978.1065014