Comparing design and code metrics for software quality prediction

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 11-18

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

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Code metrics; Design metrics; Fault proneness prediction; Machine learning

Indexed keywords

CODE METRICS; DATA SETS; FAULT-PRONENESS PREDICTION; LEVEL MODELS; LIFE-CYCLE; MACHINE LEARNING; METRICS DATA PROGRAMS; MODELING TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE MODELS; PROJECT PHASES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCES; SOFTWARE QUALITY PREDICTIONS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE TESTS; VERIFICATION AND VALIDATIONS;

COBALT; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DESIGN; FORECASTING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; NASA; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STATISTICAL TESTS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

MODELS;

EID: 57049102518     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1370788.1370793     Document Type: Conference Paper

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