Fault prediction using early lifecycle data

Proceedings - International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 237-246

  Jiang, Yue ^a   Cukic, Bojan ^a   Menzies, Tim ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; FORECASTING; NASA; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

CODE METRICS; FAULT PREDICTION (FP); FAULT PRONE; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; LIFE CYCLE (LC); METRICS (CO); MODELING TECHNIQUES; NASA PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE MODELING; QUALITY MONITORING; SOFTWARE MODULES; SOFTWARE PROJECTS; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY ENGINEERING;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 47349102648     PISSN: 10719458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSRE.2007.7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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