{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2109987725","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icsm.2015.7332502","title":"Constrained feature selection for localizing faults","display_name":"Constrained feature selection for localizing faults","publication_year":2015,"publication_date":"2015-09-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2109987725","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icsm.2015.7332502","mag":"2109987725"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/icsm.2015.7332502","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icsm.2015.7332502","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2015 IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME)","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/A5091035506","display_name":"Tien-Duy B. Le","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I79891267","display_name":"Singapore Management University","ror":"https://ror.org/050qmg959","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I79891267"]}],"countries":["SG"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Tien-Duy B. Le","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Singapore",", School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Singapore"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Singapore","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I79891267"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":", School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Singapore","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I79891267"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5081036622","display_name":"David Lo","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4367-7201"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I79891267","display_name":"Singapore Management University","ror":"https://ror.org/050qmg959","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I79891267"]}],"countries":["SG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"David Lo","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Singapore",", School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Singapore"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Singapore","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I79891267"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":", School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Singapore","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I79891267"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100351387","display_name":"Ming Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1341-5585"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I881766915","display_name":"Nanjing University","ror":"https://ror.org/01rxvg760","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I881766915"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ming Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["Collaborative Innovation Center of Novel Software Technology and Industrialization, Nanjing University","[National Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology, Nanjing University, China]"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Collaborative Innovation Center of Novel Software Technology and Industrialization, Nanjing University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I881766915"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"[National Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology, Nanjing University, China]","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I881766915"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5091035506"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I79891267"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.4702,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":11,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.91363111,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"501","last_page":"505"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9998999834060669,"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"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9998999834060669,"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/T10743","display_name":"Software Testing and Debugging Techniques","score":0.9997000098228455,"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/T12423","display_name":"Software Reliability and Analysis Research","score":0.9994000196456909,"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/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7646391987800598},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/feature-selection","display_name":"Feature selection","score":0.750250518321991},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/benchmark","display_name":"Benchmark (surveying)","score":0.6951946020126343},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/debugging","display_name":"Debugging","score":0.6941599249839783},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/feature","display_name":"Feature (linguistics)","score":0.6174466013908386},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.4946398437023163},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/selection","display_name":"Selection (genetic algorithm)","score":0.49213188886642456},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/task","display_name":"Task (project management)","score":0.48432815074920654},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-mining","display_name":"Data mining","score":0.46685463190078735},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/signature","display_name":"Signature (topology)","score":0.45285728573799133},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fault","display_name":"Fault (geology)","score":0.44450095295906067},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/constraint","display_name":"Constraint (computer-aided design)","score":0.4378296136856079},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/machine-learning","display_name":"Machine learning","score":0.43672338128089905},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/feature-extraction","display_name":"Feature extraction","score":0.4309011697769165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/trace","display_name":"TRACE (psycholinguistics)","score":0.4163894057273865},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pattern-recognition","display_name":"Pattern recognition (psychology)","score":0.36473339796066284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.13220646977424622},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.09396228194236755},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.07359132170677185}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7646391987800598},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C148483581","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q446488","display_name":"Feature selection","level":2,"score":0.750250518321991},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185798385","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1161707","display_name":"Benchmark (surveying)","level":2,"score":0.6951946020126343},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C168065819","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q845566","display_name":"Debugging","level":2,"score":0.6941599249839783},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776401178","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12050496","display_name":"Feature (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.6174466013908386},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.4946398437023163},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81917197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628760","display_name":"Selection (genetic algorithm)","level":2,"score":0.49213188886642456},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780451532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759676","display_name":"Task (project management)","level":2,"score":0.48432815074920654},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.46685463190078735},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779696439","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7512811","display_name":"Signature (topology)","level":2,"score":0.45285728573799133},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175551986","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47089","display_name":"Fault (geology)","level":2,"score":0.44450095295906067},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776036281","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48769818","display_name":"Constraint (computer-aided design)","level":2,"score":0.4378296136856079},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.43672338128089905},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C52622490","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1026626","display_name":"Feature extraction","level":2,"score":0.4309011697769165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C75291252","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1315756","display_name":"TRACE (psycholinguistics)","level":2,"score":0.4163894057273865},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153180895","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7148389","display_name":"Pattern recognition (psychology)","level":2,"score":0.36473339796066284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.13220646977424622},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.09396228194236755},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.07359132170677185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"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/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"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/C13280743","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131089","display_name":"Geodesy","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201995342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682496","display_name":"Systems engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C165205528","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83371","display_name":"Seismology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/icsm.2015.7332502","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icsm.2015.7332502","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2015 IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:ink.library.smu.edu.sg:sis_research-4088","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4088&context=sis_research","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196871","display_name":"Institutional Knowledge (InK) - Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University (Singapore Management University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I79891267","host_organization_name":"Singapore Management University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I79891267"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSM.2015.7332502","raw_type":"Conference Proceeding Article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":16,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1570448133","https://openalex.org/W1973644552","https://openalex.org/W1978813754","https://openalex.org/W1980015727","https://openalex.org/W2033644368","https://openalex.org/W2036853814","https://openalex.org/W2067436653","https://openalex.org/W2070249305","https://openalex.org/W2090121582","https://openalex.org/W2101819268","https://openalex.org/W2116737258","https://openalex.org/W2153418968","https://openalex.org/W2167381349","https://openalex.org/W3149255455","https://openalex.org/W4252684946","https://openalex.org/W6634094483"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4321442002","https://openalex.org/W2015265939","https://openalex.org/W2284072287","https://openalex.org/W2611067230","https://openalex.org/W2480201319","https://openalex.org/W2387706296","https://openalex.org/W2155788121","https://openalex.org/W4235469518","https://openalex.org/W2543101158","https://openalex.org/W1569638199"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Developers":[0],"often":[1],"take":[2],"much":[3],"time":[4],"and":[5,28,31,35,81,108,147,169,184],"effort":[6],"to":[7,52,61,77,85,93,117],"find":[8],"buggy":[9],"program":[10,38,83],"elements.":[11,39],"To":[12],"help":[13],"developers":[14],"debug,":[15],"many":[16,157],"past":[17],"studies":[18],"have":[19,133],"proposed":[20,161],"spectrum-based":[21],"fault":[22,91,129,158],"localization":[23,92,130,159],"techniques.":[24],"These":[25],"techniques":[26,160],"compare":[27],"contrast":[29],"correct":[30],"faulty":[32,142],"execution":[33,75],"traces":[34],"highlight":[36],"suspicious":[37],"In":[40],"this":[41],"work,":[42],"we":[43,50,88,109,174],"propose":[44],"constrained":[45],"feature":[46,95,100,119],"selection":[47,56,96,101,120],"algorithms":[48,57,102],"that":[49,65,149,177],"use":[51],"localize":[53],"faults.":[54],"Feature":[55],"are":[58,66,180],"commonly":[59],"used":[60],"identify":[62],"important":[63],"features":[64],"helpful":[67],"for":[68],"a":[69,78,82,86,115,124,137],"classification":[70,79],"task.":[71],"By":[72],"mapping":[73],"an":[74],"trace":[76],"instance":[80],"element":[84],"feature,":[87],"can":[89,155],"transform":[90],"the":[94,118,128,163,178],"problem.":[97,131],"Unfortunately,":[98],"existing":[99],"do":[103],"not":[104],"perform":[105],"too":[106],"well,":[107],"extend":[110],"its":[111],"performance":[112],"by":[113],"adding":[114],"constraint":[116],"formulation":[121],"based":[122],"on":[123,136],"specific":[125],"characteristic":[126],"of":[127,152],"We":[132],"performed":[134],"experiments":[135],"popular":[138],"benchmark":[139],"containing":[140],"154":[141],"versions":[143],"from":[144],"8":[145],"programs":[146],"demonstrate":[148],"several":[150],"variants":[151],"our":[153],"approach":[154],"outperform":[156],"in":[162],"literature.":[164],"Using":[165],"Wilcoxon":[166],"rank-sum":[167],"test":[168],"Cliff's":[170],"d":[171],"effect":[172],"size,":[173],"also":[175],"show":[176],"improvements":[179],"both":[181],"statistically":[182],"significant":[183],"substantial.":[185]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-04-05T17:49:38.594831","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}