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2014 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
A Formula-Based Approach for Automatic Fault Localization of Imperative Programs
verfasst von : Si-Mohamed Lamraoui, Shin Nakajima
Erschienen in: Formal Methods and Software Engineering
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
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Among various automatic fault localization methods, two of them are specifically noticed, coverage-based and formula-based. While the coverage-based method relies on statistical measures, the formula-based approach is an algorithmic method being able to provide fine-grained information account for identified root causes. The method combines the SAT-based formal verification techniques with the Reiter’s model-based diagnosis theory. This paper adapts the formula-based fault localization method, and improves the efficiency of computing the potential root causes by using the push & pop mechanism of the Yices solver. The technique is particularly useful for programs with multiple faults. We implemented the method in a tool, SNIPER, which was applied to the TCAS benchmark. All single and multiple faults were successfully identified and discriminated by using the original test cases of the TCAS.