Empirical Assessment of a Software Metric: The Information Content of Operators

Software Quality Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 99-112

  Khoshgoftaar, Taghi M ^a,c,d,e,f   Allen, Edward B ^b  

^a Florida Atlantic Univ   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY   (United States)

^e AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^f IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Entropy; Information theory; Linear regression; Prediction; Software measurement; Software metrics; Software quality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; ENTROPY; FORECASTING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LINEAR REGRESSION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT; EMPIRICAL CASE STUDIES; INFORMATION CONTENTS; PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMMERS; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT; SOFTWARE METRICS; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 0347151145     PISSN: 09639314     EISSN: 15731367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016622818771     Document Type: Article

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