Reducing the arithmetic precision of a computation has real performance implications, including increased speed, decreased power consumption, and a smaller memory footprint. For s...
Michael D. Linderman, Matthew Ho, David L. Dill, T...
A bug report is typically assigned to a single developer who is then responsible for fixing the bug. In Mozilla and Eclipse, between 37%-44% of bug reports are "tossed" ...
Technical support procedures are typically very complex. Users often have trouble following printed instructions describing how to perform these procedures, and these instructions...
Tessa A. Lau, Lawrence D. Bergman, Vittorio Castel...
A typical approach to software maintenance is analyzing just the source code, applying some patches, releasing the new version, and then updating the documentation. This quick-fix...
There is an increasing interest in techniques that support measurement and analysis of fielded software systems. One of the main goals of these techniques is to better understand ...
Murali Haran, Alan F. Karr, Alessandro Orso, Adam ...