How developer communication frequency relates to bug introducing changes

International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution (IWPSE)

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 153-157

  Abreu, Roberto ^a   Premraj, Rahul ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION FREQUENCY; COMMUNICATION LEVELS; COMPLEX PROBLEMS; DEFECT PREDICTION MODELS; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; MAILING LISTS; MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE QUALITY; TEAM-BASED;

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

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EID: 70450253473     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1595808.1595835     Document Type: Conference Paper

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