Michael D. Ernst

21.8k citations
237 papers · 13.8k · 10 hit papers · h-index 60

Impact in

  • Software top 0.01%
    • Software Testing and Debugging Techniques
    • Software Reliability and Analysis Research
    • Software Engineering Research

Papers in

    • Software Engineering Research 123
    • Software Testing and Debugging Techniques 115
    • Software Reliability and Analysis Research 66

Michael D. Ernst

224 papers receiving 12.9k citations

Michael D. Ernst's Hit Papers

An Empirical Study of Fault Localization Families and Their Combinations 2019 · 183 citations
1830+8+16Years since publication250500750

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Michael D. Ernst
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  • Software 8.0k
  • Information Systems 8.2k
  • Signal Processing 1.8k
  • Hardware and Architecture 1.1k
  • Computer Networks and Communications 3.5k
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All Works

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Defects4J: a database of existing faults to enable controlled testing studies for Java programs
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2014860
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Dynamically discovering likely program invariants to support program evolution
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2001719
3
The Daikon system for dynamic detection of likely invariants
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2007637
4
Feedback-Directed Random Test Generation
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2007613
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Permutation Methods: A Basis for Exact Inference
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2004586
6
HaLoop
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2010465
7
Are mutants a valid substitute for real faults in software testing?
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2014439
8 2004371
9
Randoop
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2007351
10 2000328
11
Evaluating and Improving Fault Localization
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2017291
12 2009281
13 2009244
14 1999235
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An Empirical Study of Fault Localization Families and Their Combinations
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2019183
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Static and dynamic analysis: synergy and duality
2003164
17 2002158
18 2011157
19 2007155
20 2009153

About Michael D. Ernst

Michael D. Ernst is a scholar working on Information Systems, Software, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications and Signal Processing, having authored 237 papers that have together received 13.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Software Engineering Research (123 papers), Software Testing and Debugging Techniques (115 papers), Software Reliability and Analysis Research (66 papers), Logic, programming, and type systems (49 papers), Software System Performance and Reliability (34 papers), Security and Verification in Computing (32 papers), Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies (30 papers) and Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (25 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Software (8.0k citations), Information Systems (8.2k citations), Signal Processing (1.8k citations), Hardware and Architecture (1.1k citations) and Computer Networks and Communications (3.5k citations). Michael D. Ernst has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Frequent co-authors include David Notkin, Carlos Pacheco, René Just, Yuriy Brun, William G. Griswold, Jeff Perkins, Stephen McCamant, Philip J. Guo, David Saff and Jeremy W. Nimmer. Their work appears in journals such as ACM SIGPLAN Notices, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages and International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer.

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