Design structural stability metrics and post-release defect density: An empirical study

Proceedings - International Computer Software and Applications Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Elish, Mahmoud O ^a   Rine, David ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

Object oriented designs; Software metrics; Structural stability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SET THEORY;

OBJECT ORIENTED DESIGNS; POST RELEASE DEFECT DENSITY; SOFTWARE QUALITY; STABILITY METRICS; STRUCTURAL STABILITY METRICS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 36849021449     PISSN: 07303157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COMPSAC.2006.261038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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