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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2007
Cemal Yilmaz, West Harrison, NY (US);
Clay E Williams, New York, NY (US);
Cemal Yilmaz, West Harrison, NY (US);
Clay E Williams, New York, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for automated software debugging includes steps of: receiving an interface configured for accessing a program; receiving a behavioral model of the program; receiving a failing input sequence from the program; executing the failing input sequence on both the behavioral model and the program; validating, after each executing step, an expected behavior of the program by executing specially constructed test sequences from the behavioral model; performing model mutation for creating a hypothesis of faulty behaviors; verifying hypothesized faulty behaviors; and scoring hypothesized faulty behaviors for producing a ranked list of diagnoses. The method also includes a step of presenting the ranked list of diagnoses to a user.