Logs are semi-structured text generated by logging statements in software source code. In
recent decades, software logs have become imperative in the reliability assurance …

Context: Logs are often the first and only information available to software engineers to
understand and debug their systems. Automated log-analysis techniques help software …

A variety of research methods and techniques are available to SE researchers, and while
several overviews exist, there is consistency neither in the research methods covered nor in …

Software systems usually record important runtime information in their logs. Logs help
practitioners understand system runtime behaviors and diagnose field failures. As logs are …

Logs have been widely adopted in software system development and maintenance because
of the rich runtime information they record. In recent years, the increase of software size and …

Logging is a practice widely adopted in several phases of the software lifecycle. For
example, during software development log statements allow engineers to verify and debug …

While deep learning (DL) has emerged as a powerful technique, its benefits must be
carefully considered in relation to computational costs. Specifically, although DL methods …

Software developers insert logging statements in their source code to collect important
runtime information of software systems. In practice, logging appropriately is a challenge for …

Logging is a common programming practice of great importance in modern software
development, because software logs have been widely used in various software …

Today, software systems are getting increasingly large and complex and a short failure time
may cause huge loss. Therefore, it is important to detect and diagnose anomalies accurately …