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We report on a study of novice programmers' object oriented class designs. These designs were analysed to discover what faults they displayed. The two most common faults related to non-referenced classes (inability to integrate them into the solution), ...

Design is a complex activity that can be analysed from a wide variety of perspectives. This paper attempts to look at the individual problem solving process, taking into account psychological arguments. We characterise some of the phases involved in the ...

The rapid increase of the complexity of high-performance COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) microprocessors has led to continuing post-design discoveries of numerous design faults, called "errata" by the manufacturers. This paper presents a systematic ...

Various methods have been proposed for building fault-tolerant software in an effort to provide substantial improvements in software reliability for critical applications, such as flight control, air-traffic control, patient monitoring, or power plant ...

Analyzes data collected on a commercial telecommunications system and summarizes some of the lessons learned from this study. The data correspond to failure and fault information recorded during system validation and operation: 3,063 trouble reports, ...