In a bug tracking system, different testers or users may submit multiple reports on the same
bugs, referred to as duplicates, which may cost extra maintenance efforts in triaging and …

In software development, bug reports provide crucial information to developers. However,
these reports widely differ in their quality. We conducted a survey among developers and …

In software development, bug reports provide crucial information to developers. However,
these reports widely differ in their quality. We conducted a survey among developers and …

The severity of a reported bug is a critical factor in deciding how soon it needs to be fixed.
Unfortunately, while clear guidelines exist on how to assign the severity of a bug, it remains …

An open source project typically maintains an open bug repository so that bug reports from
all over the world can be gathered. When a new bug report is submitted to the repository, a …

Bug repositories are usually maintained in software projects. Testers or users submit bug
reports to identify various issues with systems. Sometimes two or more bug reports …

Detecting duplicate bug reports helps reduce triaging efforts and save time for developers in
fixing the same issues. Among several automated detection approaches, text-based …

Bug reports document unexpected software behaviors experienced by users. To be
effective, they should allow bug triagers to easily understand and reproduce the potential …

Bug reports represent an important information source for software construction.
Misclassification of these reports inevitably introduces bias. Manual examinations can help …

We performed an empirical study to characterize factors that affect which bugs get fixed in
Windows Vista and Windows 7, focusing on factors related to bug report edits and …