Software evolution and the code fault introduction process

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 241-262

  Elbaum, Sebastian G ^a   Munson, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b University of Idaho   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

FAULT INTRODUCTION PROCESSES; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033185075     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009830727593     Document Type: Article

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