Predicting faults using the complexity of code changes

Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 78-88

  Hassan, Ahmed E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANGE HISTORY; CODE CHANGES; COMPLEX CODES; COMPLEXITY METRICS; OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 77949906737     PISSN: 02705257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSE.2009.5070510     Document Type: Conference Paper

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