An empirical comparison and characterization of high defect and high complexity modules

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 153-163

  Koru, A Güneş ^a   Tian, Jeff ^a  

^a Southern Methodist University   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity metrics; Complexity defect association; Hypothesis testing; Risk identification; Software quality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA ACQUISITION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMPLEXITY METRICS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 0037810682     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(02)00126-7     Document Type: Article

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