Predicting the location and number of faults in large software systems

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 340-355

  Ostrand, Thomas J ^a   Weyuker, Elaine J ^a   Bell, Robert M ^a  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical study; Fault prone; Prediction; Regression model; Software faults; Software testing

Indexed keywords

FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TESTING;

FAULT DETECTION; FAULT-PRONE FILES; REGRESSION MODEL; SOFTWARE FAULTS; SOFTWARE TESTING;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 22944473604     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2005.49     Document Type: Article

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