ReCDroid+: Automated End-to-End Crash Reproduction from Bug Reports for Android Apps

ReCDroid+: Automated End-to-End Crash Reproduction from Bug Reports for Android Apps
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10.1145/3488244
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2022-03
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ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
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Yu Zhao;Ting Su;Y. Liu;Wei Zheng;Xiaoxue Wu;Ramakanth Kavuluru;William G. J. Halfond;Tingting Yu
Yu Zhao;Ting Su;Y. Liu;Wei Zheng;Xiaoxue Wu;Ramakanth Kavuluru;William G. J. Halfond;Tingting Yu
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Yu Zhao;Ting Su;Y. Liu;Wei Zheng;Xiaoxue Wu;Ramakanth Kavuluru;William G. J. Halfond;Tingting Yu

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