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Software Patch Analysis

Software Patch Analysis is a software maintenance methodology that systematically examines and evaluates the changes introduced by patches in order to identify their purpose, impact, and correctness within the context of evolving software systems.

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2.8K

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143

Authors

59

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2017–2026

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Publications

48

Shaping program repair space with existing patches and similar code

Jiajun Jiang, Yingfei Xiong, Hongyu Zhang et al. · 2018 · 327 citations

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A Large-Scale Empirical Study of Security Patches

Frank Li, Vern Paxson · 2017 · 234 citations

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SPAIN: Security Patch Analysis for Binaries towards Understanding the Pain and Pills

Zhengzi Xu, Bihuan Chen, Mahinthan Chandramohan et al. · 2017 · 158 citations

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KATCH: high-coverage testing of software patches

Paul Dan Marinescu, Cristian Cadar · 2013 · 144 citations

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Patches as better bug reports

Westley Weimer · 2006 · 127 citations

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Authors

143

  1. XD
    Xuan-Bach D. Le

    Singapore Management University, Singapore

    2 publications · 97 citations

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  2. JL
    Julia Lawall

    Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique, France

    2 publications · 89 citations

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  3. MM
    Martin Monperrus

    KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

    2 publications · 85 citations

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  4. YX
    Yingfei Xiong

    Peking University, China

    2 publications · 415 citations

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  5. PD
    Paul Dan Marinescu

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 198 citations

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Institutions

59

  1. Peking University

    Beijing, China

    5 h-index

    18 publications

    2K citations

  2. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    266 citations

  3. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    Stockholm, Sweden

    3 h-index

    14 publications

    546 citations

  4. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    114 citations

  5. Institute of Software

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    586 citations

  6. Nanjing University

    Nanjing, China

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    200 citations

  7. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    450 citations

  8. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

    Wuhan, China

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    299 citations

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Venues

  1. Empirical Software Engineering

    2 publications · 82 citations

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  2. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 2 publications · 28 citations

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  3. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

    TSE · 2 publications · 86 citations

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  4. IEEE Security & Privacy

    1 publications · 24 citations

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  5. Queue

    1 publications · 12 citations

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