{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2735571786","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3092703.3092718","title":"Identifying test-suite-overfitted patches through test case generation","display_name":"Identifying test-suite-overfitted patches through test case generation","publication_year":2017,"publication_date":"2017-07-10","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2735571786","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3092703.3092718","mag":"2735571786"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3092703.3092718","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3092703.3092718","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 26th ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis","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/A5109252949","display_name":"Xin Qi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1335-0981"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I175594653","display_name":"John Brown University","ror":"https://ror.org/02ct41q97","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I175594653"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Qi Xin","raw_affiliation_strings":["Brown University, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Brown University, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I175594653"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5076895332","display_name":"Steven P. Reiss","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0942-1883"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I175594653","display_name":"John Brown University","ror":"https://ror.org/02ct41q97","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I175594653"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Steven P. Reiss","raw_affiliation_strings":["Brown University, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Brown University, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I175594653"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5109252949"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I175594653"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":17.9678,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":111,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99442675,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"226","last_page":"236"},"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/T12423","display_name":"Software Reliability and Analysis Research","score":0.9995999932289124,"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":0.9994000196456909,"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"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/overfitting","display_name":"Overfitting","score":0.9831775426864624},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/test-suite","display_name":"Test suite","score":0.8349979519844055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7666938900947571},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/suite","display_name":"Suite","score":0.6637483239173889},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.5269069075584412},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/test","display_name":"Test (biology)","score":0.509760320186615},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/machine-learning","display_name":"Machine learning","score":0.4906376898288727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/test-case","display_name":"Test case","score":0.46413418650627136}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C22019652","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331309","display_name":"Overfitting","level":3,"score":0.9831775426864624},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151552104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7705809","display_name":"Test suite","level":4,"score":0.8349979519844055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7666938900947571},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79581498","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1367530","display_name":"Suite","level":2,"score":0.6637483239173889},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.5269069075584412},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777267654","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3519023","display_name":"Test (biology)","level":2,"score":0.509760320186615},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.4906376898288727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C128942645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1568346","display_name":"Test case","level":3,"score":0.46413418650627136},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C152877465","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208042","display_name":"Regression analysis","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50644808","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192776","display_name":"Artificial neural network","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3092703.3092718","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3092703.3092718","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 26th ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":43,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1475493299","https://openalex.org/W1856462361","https://openalex.org/W1971650562","https://openalex.org/W1977696633","https://openalex.org/W2016027000","https://openalex.org/W2019730517","https://openalex.org/W2020689607","https://openalex.org/W2038654524","https://openalex.org/W2040385668","https://openalex.org/W2057891174","https://openalex.org/W2060333670","https://openalex.org/W2061575154","https://openalex.org/W2063387237","https://openalex.org/W2074888021","https://openalex.org/W2076719273","https://openalex.org/W2091543666","https://openalex.org/W2098074136","https://openalex.org/W2104000753","https://openalex.org/W2105983962","https://openalex.org/W2118438832","https://openalex.org/W2134825350","https://openalex.org/W2140697469","https://openalex.org/W2145124323","https://openalex.org/W2149321161","https://openalex.org/W2152565783","https://openalex.org/W2153881107","https://openalex.org/W2156723666","https://openalex.org/W2168156367","https://openalex.org/W2274071363","https://openalex.org/W2279657578","https://openalex.org/W2344973853","https://openalex.org/W2373227884","https://openalex.org/W2400994325","https://openalex.org/W2465133314","https://openalex.org/W2518136680","https://openalex.org/W2537787699","https://openalex.org/W2548997977","https://openalex.org/W2593203925","https://openalex.org/W3011121383","https://openalex.org/W3123680370","https://openalex.org/W4231241365","https://openalex.org/W4244452926","https://openalex.org/W4255632703"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1485837041","https://openalex.org/W3090591275","https://openalex.org/W2735571786","https://openalex.org/W4281704574","https://openalex.org/W3204955359","https://openalex.org/W2038379963","https://openalex.org/W4251258648","https://openalex.org/W1598160211","https://openalex.org/W2067499928","https://openalex.org/W1524028411"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"A":[0],"typical":[1],"automatic":[2,123,158],"program":[3,19,47,65,74],"repair":[4,34,105,124,159],"technique":[5,106],"that":[6,20,57,156],"uses":[7],"a":[8,17,45,86,109],"test":[9,28,55,83,87,95,151],"suite":[10,29,96],"as":[11],"the":[12,27,35,62,67,72,77,93,104,149],"correct":[13,173],"criterion":[14],"can":[15],"produce":[16,172],"patched":[18,46,68,73],"is":[21],"test-suite-overfitted,":[22],"or":[23],"overfitting,":[24],"which":[25,43],"passes":[26],"but":[30],"does":[31],"not":[32],"actually":[33],"bug.":[36],"In":[37],"this":[38],"paper,":[39],"we":[40],"propose":[41],"DiffTGen":[42,116,139],"identifies":[44,140],"to":[48,92,97,134],"be":[49,90,135],"overfitting":[50,111,136,145,168],"by":[51,121],"first":[52],"generating":[53,82,108],"new":[54],"inputs":[56],"uncover":[58],"semantic":[59,78],"differences":[60],"between":[61],"original":[63,94],"faulty":[64],"and":[66,80,101,137,147,170],"program,":[69],"then":[70],"testing":[71],"based":[75],"on":[76,117],"differences,":[79],"finally":[81],"cases.":[84,152],"Such":[85],"case":[88],"could":[89,102,165],"added":[91],"make":[98],"it":[99],"stronger":[100],"prevent":[103],"from":[107],"similar":[110],"patch":[112],"again.":[113],"We":[114,153],"evaluated":[115],"89":[118],"patches":[119,146,169],"generated":[120],"four":[122],"techniques":[125],"for":[126],"Java":[127],"with":[128,163],"79":[129],"of":[130],"them":[131],"being":[132],"likely":[133],"incorrect.":[138],"in":[141],"total":[142],"39":[143],"(49.4%)":[144],"yields":[148],"corresponding":[150],"further":[154],"show":[155],"an":[157],"technique,":[160],"if":[161],"configured":[162],"DiffTGen,":[164],"avoid":[166],"yielding":[167],"potentially":[171],"ones.":[174]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":14},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":18},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":15},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-04-05T17:49:38.594831","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}