Improvement in bug localization based on kernel extreme learning machine

Authors

  • Marzie Rahmati Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Yazd University Yazd, Iran
  • Mohammad Ali Zare Chahooki Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Yazd University Yazd, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22385/jctecs.v5i0.77

Keywords:

machine learning, Extreme learning machine, information retrieval

Abstract

Bug localization uses bug reports received from users, developers and testers to locate buggy files. Since finding a buggy file among thousands of files is time consuming and tedious for developers, various methods based on information retrieval is suggested to automate this process. In addition to information retrieval methods for error localization, machine learning methods are used too. Machine learning-based approach, improves methods of describing bug report and program code by representing them in feature vectors. Learning hypothesis on Extreme Learning Machine (ELM) has been recently effective in many areas. This paper shows effectiveness of none-linear kernel of ELM in bug localization. Furthermore the effectiveness of Different kernels in ELM compare to other kernel-based learning methods is analyzed. The experimental results for hypothesis evaluation on Mozilla Firefox dataset show effectiveness of Kernel ELM for bug localization in software projects.

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2016-04-30

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Vol. 5

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