A Framework for Evaluating the Results of the SZZ Approach for Identifying Bug-Introducing Changes.

The approach proposed by Silwerski, Zimmermann, and Zeller (SZZ) for identifying bug-introducing changes is at the foundation of several research areas within the software engineering discipline. Despite the foundational role of SZZ, little effort has been made to evaluate its results. Such an evaluation is a challenging task because the ground truth is not readily available. By acknowledging such...