Empirical validation of three software metrics suites to predict fault-proneness of object-oriented classes developed using highly Iterative or agile software development processes

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 402-419

  Olague, Hector M ^a   Etzkorn, Letha H ^b   Gholston, Sampson ^c   Quattlebaum, Stephen ^d  

^a US Army Space and Missile Defense Command   (United States)

^b University of Alabama in Huntsville ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^d Dragonfly Athletics   (United States)

Author keywords

Object oriented metrics; Object oriented software metrics; Software maintenance programming; Software quality metrics; Software reuse

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; OPEN SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE METRICS; SOFTWARE QUALITY METRICS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34248659137     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSE.2007.1015     Document Type: Article

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