A Literature Review of Research in Bug Resolution: Tasks, Challenges and Future Directions

• Published in: Computer journal Vol. 59; no. 5; pp. 741 - 773
• Main Authors: Zhang, Tao, Jiang, He, Luo, Xiapu, Chan, Alvin T.S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford Publishing Limited (England) 01.05.2016
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Computer programming; Computer programs; Data mining; Developers; Literature reviews; Maintenance; Mountains; Natural language processing; Software; Systems development; Tasks

Due to the increasing scale and complexity of software products, software maintenance especially on bug resolution has become a challenging task. Generally in large-scale software programs, developers depend on software artifacts (e.g., bug report, source code and change history) in bug repositories...