Predicting Software Development Errors Using Software Complexity Metrics

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 253-261

  Khoshgoftaar, Taghi M ^a   Munson, John C ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL METHODS--REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AKIYAMA DATA; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HARRISON DATA; REGRESSION MODELS; SOFTWARE COMPLEXITY METRICS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ERRORS PREDICTION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0025384365     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/49.46879     Document Type: Article

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