{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2981475630","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2019.2949568","title":"Explaining Regressions via Alignment Slicing and Mending","display_name":"Explaining Regressions via Alignment Slicing and Mending","publication_year":2019,"publication_date":"2019-10-25","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2981475630","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2019.2949568","mag":"2981475630"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tse.2019.2949568","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2019.2949568","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S8351582","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","issn_l":"0098-5589","issn":["0098-5589","1939-3520","2326-3881"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320439","host_organization_name":"IEEE Computer Society","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320439","https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IEEE Computer Society","Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5762&amp;amp;context=sis_research","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100419375","display_name":"Haijun Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3509-3919"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210090985","display_name":"Zhejiang Financial College","ror":"https://ror.org/00deghz86","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210090985"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Haijun Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Ant Financial Services Group, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ant Financial Services Group, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210090985"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5063706766","display_name":"Yun Lin","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8255-0118"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I165932596","display_name":"National University of Singapore","ror":"https://ror.org/01tgyzw49","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165932596"]}],"countries":["SG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yun Lin","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computing, National University of Singapore, Singapore"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computing, National University of Singapore, Singapore","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I165932596"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101995389","display_name":"Zijiang Yang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7647-3718"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I141649380","display_name":"Western Michigan University","ror":"https://ror.org/04j198w64","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I141649380"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zijiang Yang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I141649380"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100429004","display_name":"Jun Sun","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3545-1392"},"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":"Jun Sun","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Information System, Singapore Management University, Singapore"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Information System, Singapore Management University, Singapore","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I79891267"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100355692","display_name":"Yang Liu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7300-9215"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I172675005","display_name":"Nanyang Technological University","ror":"https://ror.org/02e7b5302","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}],"countries":["SG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yang Liu","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5085067496","display_name":"Jin Song Dong","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6512-8326"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I165932596","display_name":"National University of Singapore","ror":"https://ror.org/01tgyzw49","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165932596"]}],"countries":["SG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jinsong Dong","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I165932596"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5041083459","display_name":"Qinghua Zheng","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8436-4754"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I87445476","display_name":"Xi'an Jiaotong University","ror":"https://ror.org/017zhmm22","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I87445476"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Qinghua Zheng","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87445476"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101554099","display_name":"Ting Liu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7600-0934"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ting Liu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Control, System Engineering Institute, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Control, System Engineering Institute, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":8,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5100419375"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210090985"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.6079,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":29,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.9485186,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"47","issue":"11","first_page":"2421","last_page":"2437"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10743","display_name":"Software Testing and Debugging Techniques","score":0.9998999834060669,"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":0.9998999834060669,"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":0.9995999932289124,"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":0.9988999962806702,"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":0.8348008990287781},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/debugging","display_name":"Debugging","score":0.8330819606781006},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/trace","display_name":"TRACE (psycholinguistics)","score":0.7981612682342529},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/program-slicing","display_name":"Program slicing","score":0.6972649693489075},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-bug","display_name":"Software bug","score":0.5989168882369995},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/overhead","display_name":"Overhead (engineering)","score":0.5189378261566162},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/regression","display_name":"Regression","score":0.5163118243217468},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/slicing","display_name":"Slicing","score":0.47809216380119324},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/graph","display_name":"Graph","score":0.4527077078819275},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-mining","display_name":"Data mining","score":0.43694955110549927},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.4285627007484436},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/code","display_name":"Code (set theory)","score":0.4216039180755615},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.4205366373062134},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.4171196222305298},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/construct","display_name":"Construct (python library)","score":0.4153098464012146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/machine-learning","display_name":"Machine learning","score":0.40755051374435425},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/theoretical-computer-science","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","score":0.3541259169578552}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8348008990287781},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C168065819","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q845566","display_name":"Debugging","level":2,"score":0.8330819606781006},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C75291252","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1315756","display_name":"TRACE (psycholinguistics)","level":2,"score":0.7981612682342529},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C91071405","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1413145","display_name":"Program slicing","level":3,"score":0.6972649693489075},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C1009929","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179550","display_name":"Software bug","level":3,"score":0.5989168882369995},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779960059","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7113681","display_name":"Overhead (engineering)","level":2,"score":0.5189378261566162},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C83546350","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1139051","display_name":"Regression","level":2,"score":0.5163118243217468},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776190703","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q488148","display_name":"Slicing","level":2,"score":0.47809216380119324},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C132525143","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141488","display_name":"Graph","level":2,"score":0.4527077078819275},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.43694955110549927},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.4285627007484436},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776760102","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5139990","display_name":"Code (set theory)","level":3,"score":0.4216039180755615},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.4205366373062134},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.4171196222305298},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780801425","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5164392","display_name":"Construct (python library)","level":2,"score":0.4153098464012146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.40755051374435425},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C80444323","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2878974","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","level":1,"score":0.3541259169578552},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11171543","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41630","display_name":"Psychoanalysis","level":1,"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/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","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/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tse.2019.2949568","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.2019.2949568","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S8351582","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","issn_l":"0098-5589","issn":["0098-5589","1939-3520","2326-3881"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320439","host_organization_name":"IEEE Computer Society","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320439","https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IEEE Computer Society","Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:ink.library.smu.edu.sg:sis_research-5762","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5762&amp;amp;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":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TSE.2019.2949568","raw_type":"Journal Article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:research-repository.griffith.edu.au:10072/410839","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10072/410839","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402548","display_name":"Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I11701301","host_organization_name":"Griffith University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I11701301"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Journal article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:ink.library.smu.edu.sg:sis_research-5762","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5762&amp;amp;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":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TSE.2019.2949568","raw_type":"Journal Article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","score":0.6899999976158142,"display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1905943838","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"61632015","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2087753717","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2016YFB1000903","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335777","funder_display_name":"National Key Research and Development Program of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G4938631274","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"U1766215","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5065734402","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"61833015","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G6387986177","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"61721002","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320698","display_name":"National University of Singapore","ror":"https://ror.org/01tgyzw49"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320709","display_name":"National Research Foundation Singapore","ror":"https://ror.org/03cpyc314"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320327962","display_name":"Singapore Telecommunications Limited","ror":null},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335777","display_name":"National Key Research and Development Program of China","ror":null}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":60,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W95169743","https://openalex.org/W1548254758","https://openalex.org/W1710734607","https://openalex.org/W1777881387","https://openalex.org/W1963523113","https://openalex.org/W1971618369","https://openalex.org/W1975280841","https://openalex.org/W1990090830","https://openalex.org/W2002377711","https://openalex.org/W2006860739","https://openalex.org/W2026117800","https://openalex.org/W2031091051","https://openalex.org/W2034585788","https://openalex.org/W2038899190","https://openalex.org/W2043512166","https://openalex.org/W2052007825","https://openalex.org/W2052844069","https://openalex.org/W2055770200","https://openalex.org/W2058751521","https://openalex.org/W2060573639","https://openalex.org/W2069729796","https://openalex.org/W2084020394","https://openalex.org/W2100894869","https://openalex.org/W2101512909","https://openalex.org/W2103078876","https://openalex.org/W2110066339","https://openalex.org/W2120215974","https://openalex.org/W2121217767","https://openalex.org/W2132874107","https://openalex.org/W2136305343","https://openalex.org/W2140077136","https://openalex.org/W2145217511","https://openalex.org/W2148329403","https://openalex.org/W2149897682","https://openalex.org/W2156723666","https://openalex.org/W2160510992","https://openalex.org/W2170224888","https://openalex.org/W2241447802","https://openalex.org/W2295857493","https://openalex.org/W2352511489","https://openalex.org/W2535220184","https://openalex.org/W2617064411","https://openalex.org/W2768051178","https://openalex.org/W2832106038","https://openalex.org/W2888556190","https://openalex.org/W2913256667","https://openalex.org/W2953598967","https://openalex.org/W4232512250","https://openalex.org/W4234735799","https://openalex.org/W4234850954","https://openalex.org/W4235261014","https://openalex.org/W4244452712","https://openalex.org/W4245509418","https://openalex.org/W4245920732","https://openalex.org/W4247064570","https://openalex.org/W4251319601","https://openalex.org/W4289760763","https://openalex.org/W6637688222","https://openalex.org/W6696642037","https://openalex.org/W6752621745"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2134982133","https://openalex.org/W1964336761","https://openalex.org/W2991905743","https://openalex.org/W2169437772","https://openalex.org/W4239953224","https://openalex.org/W2165685498","https://openalex.org/W4302024603","https://openalex.org/W2170816480","https://openalex.org/W2347708239","https://openalex.org/W2011854888"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Regression":[0],"faults,":[1],"which":[2],"make":[3,13],"working":[4],"code":[5],"stop":[6],"functioning,":[7],"are":[8,34],"often":[9],"introduced":[10],"when":[11],"developers":[12],"changes":[14,166],"to":[15,49,69,162,210],"the":[16,54,65,73,80,90,94,109,164,169,175,199,203,234],"software.":[17],"Many":[18],"regression":[19,59,97,138],"fault":[20,139],"localization":[21],"techniques":[22,177],"have":[23],"been":[24],"proposed.":[25],"However,":[26],"issues":[27],"like":[28],"inaccuracy":[29],"and":[30,88,160,167,182,212,241],"lack":[31],"of":[32,57,82,96,107,237],"explanation":[33,205],"still":[35],"obstacles":[36],"for":[37,137,244],"their":[38],"practical":[39,246],"application.":[40],"In":[41,75,220],"this":[42,114],"work,":[43],"we":[44,78,101,116,122,145,222],"propose":[45],"a":[46,58,104,153],"trace-based":[47,239],"approach":[48,193,215,240],"identifying":[50],"not":[51],"only":[52],"where":[53],"root":[55],"cause":[56],"bug":[60,231],"lies,":[61],"but":[62],"also":[63,223],"how":[64,108],"defect":[66,110],"is":[67,111,194],"propagated":[68],"its":[70,245],"manifestation":[71],"as":[72,86],"explanation.":[74],"our":[76,192,214,238],"approach,":[77],"keep":[79],"trace":[81,95,134],"original":[83],"correct":[84],"version":[85,98],"reference":[87],"infer":[89],"faulty":[91],"steps":[92],"on":[93,185,197,229],"so":[99],"that":[100,190],"can":[102],"build":[103],"causality":[105,147],"graph":[106,148],"propagated.":[112],"To":[113],"end,":[115],"overcomes":[117],"two":[118,124,128],"technical":[119],"challenges.":[120],"First,":[121],"align":[123],"traces":[125],"derived":[126],"from":[127],"program":[129],"versions":[130],"by":[131,151],"extending":[132],"state-of-the-art":[133,176],"alignment":[135],"technique":[136,154],"with":[140,174],"novel":[141],"relaxation":[142],"technique.":[143],"Second,":[144],"construct":[146],"(i.e.,":[149],"explanation)":[150],"adopting":[152],"called":[155],"<italic":[156],"xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\"":[157],"xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">alignment":[158],"slicing":[159],"mending</i>":[161],"isolate":[163],"failure-inducing":[165,200],"explain":[168],"failure.":[170],"Our":[171],"comparative":[172],"experiment":[173,227],"including":[178],"dynamic":[179],"slicing,":[180],"delta-debugging,":[181],"symbolic":[183],"execution":[184],"24":[186],"real-world":[187],"regressions":[188],"shows":[189],"(1)":[191],"more":[195],"accurate":[196],"isolating":[198],"changes,":[201],"(2)":[202],"generated":[204],"requires":[206,216],"acceptable":[207],"manual":[208],"effort":[209],"inspect,":[211],"(3)":[213],"lower":[217],"runtime":[218],"overhead.":[219],"addition,":[221],"conduct":[224],"an":[225],"applicability":[226],"based":[228],"Defects4J":[230],"repository,":[232],"showing":[233],"potential":[235],"limitations":[236],"providing":[242],"guidance":[243],"use.":[247]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":5}],"updated_date":"2026-04-04T16:13:02.066488","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}