By shifting how program patches are evaluated-away from quality and toward novelty-the novelty search technique increases a bug-repair system?s ability to explore the solution space, produce more viable patches, and repair more bugs.

中文翻译：

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基于搜索的程序修复的新方法


通过改变程序补丁的评估方式（从质量转向新颖性），新颖性搜索技术提高了错误修复系统探索解决方案空间、生成更可行的补丁和修复更多错误的能力。