The effectiveness of software metrics in identifying error-prone classes in post-release software evolution process

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1868-1882

  Shatnawi, Raed ^a   Li, Wei ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

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

Author keywords

Class error proneness; Design evolution; Empirical study; Error severity categories; Object oriented metrics; Open source software

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPEN SYSTEMS;

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; CLASS ERROR PRONENESS; DESIGN EVOLUTION; DEVELOPMENT PHASE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EMPIRICAL STUDY; ERROR PRONENESS; ERROR-PRONE; ERROR-SEVERITY CATEGORIES; HIGH-ACCURACY; OBJECT-ORIENTED METRICS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SOURCE SYSTEMS; PREDICTION MODELING; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; SOFTWARE METRICS; SOFTWARE PROJECTS;

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EID: 52049085529     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.12.794     Document Type: Article

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