This reference volume consists of revised, edited, cross-referenced, and thematically organized articles from Software Diagnostics Institute and Software Diagnostics Library (former Crash Dump Analysis blog) about memory dump analysis, software trace and log analysis, software troubleshooting, and debugging written in November 2010 - October 2011.

Compared to the fifth volume, the sixth volume features:

• 56 new crash dump analysis patterns, including 14 new .NET memory dump analysis patterns
• 4 new pattern interaction case studies
• 11 new trace analysis patterns
• New Debugware pattern
• Introduction to UI problem analysis patterns
• Introduction to intelligence analysis patterns
• Introduction to unified debugging pattern language
• Introduction to generative debugging, metadefect template library, and DNA of software behavior
• The new school of debugging
• .NET memory dump analysis checklist
• Software trace analysis checklist
• Introduction to close and deconstructive readings of a software trace
• Memory dump analysis compass
• Computical and Stack Trace Art
• The abductive reasoning of Philip Marlowe
• Orbifold memory space and cloud computing
• Memory worldview
• Interpretation of cyberspace
• Relationship of memory dumps to religion
• Fully cross-referenced with Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, and Volume 5

The primary audience for Memory Dump Analysis Anthology reference volumes (Diagnomicon) is software engineers developing and maintaining products on Windows platforms, technical support, escalation, and site reliability engineers dealing with complex software issues, quality assurance engineers testing software on Windows platforms, security and vulnerability researchers, reverse engineers, malware and memory forensics analysts.

This reference volume consists of revised, edited, cross-referenced, and thematically organized articles from Software Diagnostics Institute and Software Diagnostics Library (former Crash Dump Analysis blog) about software diagnostics, debugging, crash dump analysis, software trace and log analysis, malware analysis and memory forensics written in November 2011 - May 2014.

Compared to the sixth volume, the seventh volume features:

• 66 new crash dump analysis patterns
• 46 new software log and trace analysis patterns
• 18 core memory dump analysis patterns for Mac OS X and GDB
• 10 malware analysis patterns
• Additional unified debugging pattern
• Additional user interface problem analysis pattern
• Additional pattern classification, including memory and log acquisition patterns
• Additional .NET memory analysis patterns
• Introduction to software problem description patterns
• Introduction to software diagnostics patterns
• Introduction to general abnormal structure and behavior patterns
• Introduction to software disruption patterns
• Introduction to static code analysis patterns
• Introduction to network trace analysis patterns
• Introduction to software diagnostics report schemes
• Introduction to elementary software diagnostics patterns
• Introduction to patterns of software diagnostics architecture
• Introduction to patterns of disassembly, reconstruction, and reversing
• Introduction to vulnerability analysis patterns
• Fully cross-referenced with Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, and Volume 6

The primary audience for Memory Dump Analysis Anthology reference volumes (Diagnomicon) is software engineers developing and maintaining products on Windows (WinDbg) and Mac OS X (GDB) platforms, technical support, escalation, and site reliability engineers dealing with complex software issues, quality assurance engineers testing software, security and vulnerability researchers, reverse engineers, malware and memory forensics analysts.

This reference volume consists of revised, edited, cross-referenced, and thematically organized articles from Software Diagnostics Institute and Software Diagnostics Library (former Crash Dump Analysis blog) about software diagnostics, debugging, crash dump analysis, memory forensics, software trace and log analysis written in June 2014 - November 2014. It is fully cross-referenced with volumes 1 - 7.

Compared to the seventh volume, Volume 8a features:

• 19 new crash dump analysis patterns
• 10 new software log and trace analysis patterns
• Introduction to malnarratives and higher-order pattern narratives
• Introduction to pattern language for performance analysis
• Introduction to the pattern-oriented debugging process

The primary audience for Memory Dump Analysis Anthology reference volumes (Diagnomicon) is software engineers developing and maintaining products on Windows platforms, technical support, escalation, and site reliability engineers dealing with complex software issues, quality assurance engineers testing software, security and vulnerability researchers, reverse engineers, malware and memory forensics analysts.

This reference volume consists of revised, edited, cross-referenced, and thematically organized articles from Software Diagnostics Institute and Software Diagnostics Library (former Crash Dump Analysis blog) about software diagnostics, debugging, crash dump analysis, memory forensics, software trace and log analysis written in December 2014 - July 2015. It is fully cross-referenced with volumes 1 - 7 and 8a.

Compared to the volume 8a, the volume 8b features:

• 12 new crash dump analysis patterns
• 15 new software log and trace analysis patterns
• New memory dump analysis case study
• Introduction to articoding
• Introduction to special and general trace and log analysis
• Introduction to projective debugging
• Introduction to artifact-malware
• Introduction to concrete and general problem analysis patterns

The primary audience for Memory Dump Analysis Anthology reference volumes (Diagnomicon) is software engineers developing and maintaining products on Windows platforms, technical support, escalation, and site reliability engineers dealing with complex software issues, quality assurance engineers testing software, security and vulnerability researchers, reverse engineers, malware and memory forensics analysts.

This reference volume consists of revised, edited, cross-referenced, and thematically organized articles from Software Diagnostics Institute and Software Diagnostics Library (former Crash Dump Analysis blog) about software diagnostics, root cause analysis, debugging, crash and hang dump analysis, software trace and log analysis written in August 2015 - February 2016. It is fully cross-referenced with volumes 1 - 8.

Compared to the volume 8b, the volume 9a features:

• 9 new crash dump analysis patterns
• 9 new software log and trace analysis patterns
• 15 Linux core dump analysis pattern variants
• New workaround pattern
• New memory dump analysis case study
• Introduction to pattern-oriented software internals, pattern paradigms, pattern stacks, pattern repertoire
• Introduction to software diagnostics canvas
• Introduction to patterns-based root cause analysis methodology
• Introduction to a protein metaphor for software traces and logs
• Definition of software diagnostics scope
• Introduction to artificial debugger and pseudo-memory dumps
• Definition of tool-centric and pattern-centric software diagnostics, forensics, prognostics

The primary audience for Memory Dump Analysis Anthology reference volumes (Diagnomicon) is software engineers developing and maintaining products on Windows and Linux platforms, technical support, escalation, and site reliability engineers dealing with complex software issues, quality assurance engineers testing software, security and vulnerability researchers, reverse engineers, malware and memory forensics analysts.

This reference volume consists of revised, edited, cross-referenced, and thematically organized articles from Software Diagnostics Institute and Software Diagnostics Library (former Crash Dump Analysis blog) about software diagnostics, root cause analysis, debugging, crash and hang dump analysis, software trace and log analysis written in March - September 2016. It is fully cross-referenced with volumes 1 - 9a.

Compared to the volume 9a, the volume 9b features:

• 11 new crash dump analysis patterns
• 11 new software log and trace analysis patterns
• New structural memory pattern
• Introduction to Riemann root cause analysis language
• Introduction to problem solving as code
• Introduction to Dia|gram graphical diagnostic analysis language
• Introduction to iterative pattern-oriented root cause analysis
• Definition of theoretical software diagnostics

The primary audience for Memory Dump Analysis Anthology reference volumes (Diagnomicon) is software engineers developing and maintaining products on Windows platforms, technical support, escalation, and site reliability engineers dealing with complex software issues, quality assurance engineers testing software, security and vulnerability researchers, reverse engineers, malware and memory forensics analysts.

This reference volume consists of revised, edited, cross-referenced, and thematically organized articles from Software Diagnostics Institute and Software Diagnostics Library (former Crash Dump Analysis blog) about software diagnostics, root cause analysis, debugging, crash and hang dump analysis, software trace and log analysis written in October 2016 - May 2017. It is fully cross-referenced with volumes 1 - 9.

Compared to the volume 9b, the volume 10 features:

• 15 new crash dump analysis patterns
• New Linux core dump analysis pattern
• 18 new software trace and log analysis patterns
• Introduction to topological software trace and log analysis
• Introduction to software diagnostic spaces as general graphs of software narratives
• Software diagnostics as archaeology
• Introduction to pattern-oriented diagnostic analysis process
• Principles of pattern-oriented software data analysis
• Abstract debugging commands (ADC) initiative
• Introduction to elementary analysis patterns and reduction of analysis pattern complexity
• Introduction to categorical foundations of software diagnostics
• Introduction to existential prognostics and periodic table of diagnostic patterns
• Introduction to software codiagnostics
• Volume index of memory dump analysis patterns
• Volume index of trace and log analysis patterns

The primary audience for Memory Dump Analysis Anthology reference volumes (Diagnomicon) is software engineers developing and maintaining products on Windows and Linux platforms, technical support, escalation, and site reliability engineers dealing with complex software issues, quality assurance engineers testing software, security and vulnerability researchers, reverse engineers, malware and memory forensics analysts.