Treffer: FIND: Automated debugging assistant system.

Title:
FIND: Automated debugging assistant system.
Authors:
Shimomura, Takao1
Source:
Systems & Computers in Japan. 4/1/1997, Vol. 28 Issue 4, p1-11. 11p.
Subject Terms:
Debugging, Data editing, Electronic data processing, Computer software correctness, Computer programming
Database:
Supplemental Index

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Up to now, it has been a difficult task to locate faults in programs when failures have occurred in test runs. In doing so, a programmer first makes a guess about the possible cause of failure, and then verifies his guess. If the guess proves to be incorrect, then he checks another one, and so on by way of trial and error, which requires high skill and intelligence. With the method proposed in this paper, a system thoroughly analyzes the portions of a program that might be responsible for failure; thus, the system replaces a human programmer by an automatic search for faults of every sort. Examples of program debugging using the FIND automated debugging assistant system are presented. © 1997 Scripta Technica, Inc. Syst Comp Jpn, 28(4): 1–11, 1997 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]