Debugging techniques

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1979 English Publisher:WileyJournal:Software: Practice and Experience, volume 9, pages 51-63 (issn: 0038-0644, eissn: 1097-024X,

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Authors: Søren Lauesen;

doi: 10.1002/spe.4380090106

Debugging techniques

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AbstractDebugging is efficient if it detects all program errors in a short time. This paper discusses several techniques for improving debugging efficiency. Attention is given both to the initial debugging and to acceptance testing in the maintenance stage. A main decision is whether to use top‐down or bottom‐up debugging, and it is suggested that top‐down debugging is more efficient if combined with some of the other techniques. All the techniques shown are independent of any particular language or debug software.

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University of Copenhagen
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Specification and verification (program logics, model checking, etc.), Theory of operating systems

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