Cost curve evaluation of fault prediction models

Proceedings - International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 197-206

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

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST MODEL; COST CURVES; DEVELOPMENT COSTS; FAULT PREDICTION; FAULT-PRONE; FAULT-PRONE COMPONENTS; MISCLASSIFICATION; MISCLASSIFICATION COSTS; MODEL EVALUATION; PUBLIC REPOSITORIES; SOFTWARE COMPONENT; SOFTWARE MODULES; SOFTWARE QUALITY; SOFTWARE QUALITY MODELS; SPECIFIC COST; STANDARD METHOD; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; SYSTEM FAILURES; VERIFICATION ACTIVITIES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; VERIFICATION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 67249086374     PISSN: 10719458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSRE.2008.54     Document Type: Conference Paper

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