Uncertain classification of fault-prone software modules

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 297-318

  Khoshgoftaar, Taghi M ^a   Yuan, Xiaojing ^a   Allen, Edward B ^b   Jones, Wendell D ^c   Hudepohl, John P ^c  

^a Florida Atlantic Univ   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

CHAID; Classification trees; Fault prone modules; Software metrics; Software quality; Telecommunications; TREEDISC

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STATISTICAL TESTS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

CLASSIFICATION TREE; FAULT PRONE SOFTWARE MODULES; SOFTWARE METRICS; TREEDISC ALGORITHMS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0036892485     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020511004267     Document Type: Article

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