Looking for bugs in all the right places

Proceedings of the 2006 International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis, ISSTA 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 61-71

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

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; REGRESSION MODELS; SOFTWARE FAULTS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS;

CODES (SYMBOLS); INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE TESTING;

COMPUTER VIRUSES;

EID: 34247377795     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1146238.1146246     Document Type: Conference Paper

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