Using execution paths to evolve software patches

Thanh Vu Nguyen; Westley Weimery; Claire Le Gouesy; Stephanie Forrest

doi:10.1109/ICSTW.2009.35

Using execution paths to evolve software patches

Thanh Vu Nguyen, Westley Weimery, Claire Le Gouesy, Stephanie Forrest

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Abstract

We present an evolutionary approach using Genetic Programming (GP) to automatically create software repairs. By concentrating the modifications on regions related to where the bug occurs, we effectively minimize the search space complexity and hence increase the performance of the GP process. To preserve the core functionalities of the program, we evolve programs only from code in the original program. Early experimental results show our GP approach is able to fix various program defects in reasonable time.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation Workshops, ICSTW 2009
Pages	152-153
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSTW.2009.35
State	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation Workshops, ICSTW 2009 - Denver, CO, United States Duration: Apr 1 2009 → Apr 4 2009

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Name	IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation Workshops, ICSTW 2009

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Other	IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation Workshops, ICSTW 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Denver, CO
Period	4/1/09 → 4/4/09

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Nguyen, T. V., Weimery, W., Le Gouesy, C., & Forrest, S. (2009). Using execution paths to evolve software patches. In IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation Workshops, ICSTW 2009 (pp. 152-153). Article 4976381 (IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation Workshops, ICSTW 2009). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSTW.2009.35

Using execution paths to evolve software patches. / Nguyen, Thanh Vu; Weimery, Westley; Le Gouesy, Claire et al.
IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation Workshops, ICSTW 2009. 2009. p. 152-153 4976381 (IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation Workshops, ICSTW 2009).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Nguyen, TV, Weimery, W, Le Gouesy, C & Forrest, S 2009, Using execution paths to evolve software patches. in IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation Workshops, ICSTW 2009., 4976381, IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation Workshops, ICSTW 2009, pp. 152-153, IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation Workshops, ICSTW 2009, Denver, CO, United States, 4/1/09. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSTW.2009.35

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