Empirical validation of object-oriented metrics on open source software for fault prediction

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 897-910

  Gyimóthy, Tibor ^a   Ferenc, Rudolf ^a   Siket, István ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bugzilla; C++; Columbus; Compiler wrapping; Fact extraction; Fault proneness detection; Metrics validation; Mozilla; Open source software; Reverse engineering

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; OPEN SYSTEMS; REVERSE ENGINEERING;

BUGZILLA; COLUMBUS; COMPILIER WRAPPING; FACT EXTRACTION; FAULT-PRONENESS DETECTION; METRICS VALIDATION; MOZILLA; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 30344485154     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2005.112     Document Type: Article

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