A comparison between software design and code metrics for the prediction of software fault content

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 801-809

  Zhao, M ^a   Wohlin, C ^b   Ohlsson, N ^c   Xie, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Correlation analysis; Fault prediction; Metric selection; Regression analysis; Software metrics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; CORRELATION METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SOFTWARE METRICS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032301916     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-5849(98)00098-6     Document Type: Article

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