Research Article

Bflinks: Reliable Bugfix Links via Bidirectional References and Tuned Heuristics

Table 1

Performance of each successive stage of the default COMBI filter: filtering precision (), filter strength (), results loss (), and overall precision () achieved by this filter alone or together with all preceding filters. All entries are in percent.

This one filter solo Filters up to here together

TT(C) 43 0.3 0.2 73 43 0.3 0.2 73
TT(B) 99 0.9 0 74 86 1.2 0.2 74
FC 96 3.7 0.2 77 93 4.9 0.4 78
LU 62 5.6 2.1 77 74 8.3 2.7 79
SB 81 6.9 1.3 81 67 15 4.0 90
FB 50 11 5.6 77 60 23 9.3 93
UDa 29 59 42 99 63 19 7.1 93

Filters up to here together” uses UD in accepting mode, not rejecting mode.