{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2054864002","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ase.2011.6100153","title":"Prioritizing tests for fault localization through ambiguity group reduction","display_name":"Prioritizing tests for fault localization through ambiguity group reduction","publication_year":2011,"publication_date":"2011-11-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2054864002","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ase.2011.6100153","mag":"2054864002"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/ase.2011.6100153","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ase.2011.6100153","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2011 26th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2011)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5046072397","display_name":"Alberto Gonz\u00e1lez-S\u00e1nchez","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7880-2909"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I98358874","display_name":"Delft University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/02e2c7k09","country_code":"NL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I98358874"]}],"countries":["NL"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Alberto Gonzalez-Sanchez","raw_affiliation_strings":["Software Technology Department, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands","Delft University of Technology, Software Technology Department, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD, The Netherlands#TAB#"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Software Technology Department, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I98358874"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Delft University of Technology, Software Technology Department, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD, The Netherlands#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I98358874"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5030785658","display_name":"Rui Abreu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3734-3157"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I182534213","display_name":"Universidade do Porto","ror":"https://ror.org/043pwc612","country_code":"PT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I182534213"]}],"countries":["PT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rui Abreu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Departament of Informatics Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal","University of Porto, Departament of Informatics Engineering, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Portugal"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Departament of Informatics Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I182534213"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Porto, Departament of Informatics Engineering, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Portugal","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I182534213"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5109167344","display_name":"Hans\u2010Gerhard Gross","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I98358874","display_name":"Delft University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/02e2c7k09","country_code":"NL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I98358874"]}],"countries":["NL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hans-Gerhard Gross","raw_affiliation_strings":["Software Technology Department, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands","Delft University of Technology, Software Technology Department, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD, The Netherlands#TAB#"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Software Technology Department, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I98358874"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Delft University of Technology, Software Technology Department, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD, The Netherlands#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I98358874"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5084609766","display_name":"Arjan J. C. van Gemund","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I98358874","display_name":"Delft University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/02e2c7k09","country_code":"NL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I98358874"]}],"countries":["NL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Arjan J.C. van Gemund","raw_affiliation_strings":["Software Technology Department, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands","Delft University of Technology, Software Technology Department, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD, The Netherlands#TAB#"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Software Technology Department, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I98358874"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Delft University of Technology, Software Technology Department, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD, The Netherlands#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I98358874"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5046072397"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I98358874"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":7.3639,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":60,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97459369,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"83","last_page":"92"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10743","display_name":"Software Testing and Debugging Techniques","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10743","display_name":"Software Testing and Debugging Techniques","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12423","display_name":"Software Reliability and Analysis Research","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ambiguity","display_name":"Ambiguity","score":0.6868851184844971},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6802781820297241},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/prioritization","display_name":"Prioritization","score":0.6055502891540527},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fault","display_name":"Fault (geology)","score":0.5762436985969543},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reliability-engineering","display_name":"Reliability engineering","score":0.5557079315185547},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fault-detection-and-isolation","display_name":"Fault detection and isolation","score":0.5508001446723938},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-mining","display_name":"Data mining","score":0.5246879458427429},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/test-suite","display_name":"Test suite","score":0.5185025930404663},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reduction","display_name":"Reduction (mathematics)","score":0.492575466632843},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/regression-testing","display_name":"Regression testing","score":0.4778856039047241},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fault-coverage","display_name":"Fault coverage","score":0.436097115278244},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.42954808473587036},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/statement","display_name":"Statement (logic)","score":0.428377240896225},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/test-case","display_name":"Test case","score":0.40088221430778503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/algorithm","display_name":"Algorithm","score":0.3617423176765442},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/real-time-computing","display_name":"Real-time computing","score":0.33999454975128174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.23454788327217102},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/machine-learning","display_name":"Machine learning","score":0.21236950159072876},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/regression-analysis","display_name":"Regression analysis","score":0.16946181654930115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.16546058654785156},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-development","display_name":"Software development","score":0.16420447826385498},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.10349711775779724}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780522230","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1140419","display_name":"Ambiguity","level":2,"score":0.6868851184844971},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6802781820297241},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777615720","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11888847","display_name":"Prioritization","level":2,"score":0.6055502891540527},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175551986","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47089","display_name":"Fault (geology)","level":2,"score":0.5762436985969543},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C200601418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2193887","display_name":"Reliability engineering","level":1,"score":0.5557079315185547},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C152745839","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5438153","display_name":"Fault detection and isolation","level":3,"score":0.5508001446723938},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.5246879458427429},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151552104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7705809","display_name":"Test suite","level":4,"score":0.5185025930404663},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111335779","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3454686","display_name":"Reduction (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.492575466632843},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C161821725","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q917415","display_name":"Regression testing","level":5,"score":0.4778856039047241},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126953365","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5438152","display_name":"Fault coverage","level":3,"score":0.436097115278244},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.42954808473587036},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777026412","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2684591","display_name":"Statement (logic)","level":2,"score":0.428377240896225},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C128942645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1568346","display_name":"Test case","level":3,"score":0.40088221430778503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.3617423176765442},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79403827","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3988","display_name":"Real-time computing","level":1,"score":0.33999454975128174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.23454788327217102},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.21236950159072876},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C152877465","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208042","display_name":"Regression analysis","level":2,"score":0.16946181654930115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.16546058654785156},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529173508","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638608","display_name":"Software development","level":3,"score":0.16420447826385498},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.10349711775779724},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C172707124","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q423488","display_name":"Actuator","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186846655","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3398377","display_name":"Software construction","level":4,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C539667460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2414942","display_name":"Management science","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127313418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1069","display_name":"Geology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C165205528","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83371","display_name":"Seismology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134146338","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1815901","display_name":"Electronic circuit","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119599485","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43035","display_name":"Electrical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/ase.2011.6100153","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ase.2011.6100153","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2011 26th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2011)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.6499999761581421,"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":57,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1501076421","https://openalex.org/W1967233049","https://openalex.org/W1969981172","https://openalex.org/W1971137495","https://openalex.org/W1980421405","https://openalex.org/W1998393968","https://openalex.org/W2006149896","https://openalex.org/W2013711971","https://openalex.org/W2015502943","https://openalex.org/W2016029449","https://openalex.org/W2022753314","https://openalex.org/W2023428208","https://openalex.org/W2095873049","https://openalex.org/W2099855131","https://openalex.org/W2104147236","https://openalex.org/W2104520962","https://openalex.org/W2107940771","https://openalex.org/W2109681145","https://openalex.org/W2110068396","https://openalex.org/W2110635655","https://openalex.org/W2119861793","https://openalex.org/W2120563984","https://openalex.org/W2121081915","https://openalex.org/W2121084350","https://openalex.org/W2121862753","https://openalex.org/W2122156253","https://openalex.org/W2123659430","https://openalex.org/W2126941999","https://openalex.org/W2129314741","https://openalex.org/W2130323538","https://openalex.org/W2130359903","https://openalex.org/W2132702264","https://openalex.org/W2134691366","https://openalex.org/W2144386448","https://openalex.org/W2146963093","https://openalex.org/W2149836458","https://openalex.org/W2150874999","https://openalex.org/W2153418968","https://openalex.org/W2155704892","https://openalex.org/W2162045655","https://openalex.org/W2165663378","https://openalex.org/W2166007208","https://openalex.org/W2167341627","https://openalex.org/W2168561184","https://openalex.org/W2169212615","https://openalex.org/W2170771779","https://openalex.org/W2172154252","https://openalex.org/W2220584460","https://openalex.org/W4236200536","https://openalex.org/W4241947695","https://openalex.org/W4244902112","https://openalex.org/W4247348948","https://openalex.org/W6679978559","https://openalex.org/W6681740942","https://openalex.org/W6682532159","https://openalex.org/W6683876331","https://openalex.org/W6684523697"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1978406750","https://openalex.org/W2018145554","https://openalex.org/W2054959879","https://openalex.org/W3134448717","https://openalex.org/W2243231242","https://openalex.org/W2028796071","https://openalex.org/W2052414005","https://openalex.org/W2187337904","https://openalex.org/W2795302276","https://openalex.org/W2792380042"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"practically":[1],"all":[2],"development":[3],"processes,":[4],"regression":[5],"tests":[6],"are":[7,20],"used":[8,28],"to":[9,29,41,138],"detect":[10],"the":[11,31,43,49,55,85,92,115,124,139],"presence":[12],"of":[13,45,48,134],"faults":[14,19],"after":[15],"a":[16,22,75],"modification.":[17],"If":[18],"detected,":[21],"fault":[23,46,80,147],"localization":[24],"algorithm":[25,78],"can":[26],"be":[27],"reduce":[30],"manual":[32],"inspection":[33,68],"cost.":[34],"However,":[35],"while":[36],"using":[37],"test":[38,50,60,76],"case":[39],"prioritization":[40,77,98],"enhance":[42],"rate":[44],"detection":[47,148],"suite":[51],"(e.g.,":[52],"statement":[53,88],"coverage),":[54],"diagnostic":[56,97],"information":[57],"gain":[58],"per":[59],"is":[61,108,123],"not":[62,102],"optimal,":[63],"which":[64],"results":[65,113],"in":[66],"needless":[67],"cost":[69,132],"during":[70],"diagnosis.":[71],"We":[72],"present":[73],"RAPTOR,":[74],"for":[79],"localization,":[81],"based":[82],"on":[83,146],"reducing":[84],"similarity":[86],"between":[87],"execution":[89],"patterns":[90],"as":[91],"testing":[93],"progresses.":[94],"Unlike":[95],"previous":[96],"algorithms,":[99],"RAPTOR":[100,122],"does":[101],"require":[103],"false":[104],"negative":[105],"information,":[106],"and":[107],"much":[109],"less":[110],"complex.":[111],"Experimental":[112],"from":[114],"Software":[116],"Infrastructure":[117],"Repository's":[118],"benchmarks":[119],"show":[120],"that":[121],"best":[125,141],"technique":[126],"under":[127],"realistic":[128],"conditions,":[129],"with":[130,136,143],"average":[131],"reductions":[133],"40%":[135],"respect":[137],"next":[140],"technique,":[142],"negligible":[144],"impact":[145],"capability.":[149]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-03-25T14:56:36.534964","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}