Improving defect prediction using temporal features and non linear models

9th International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution, IWPSE 2007, Held in Conjunction with the 6th ESEC/FSE Joint Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 11-18

  Bernstein, Abraham ^a   Ekanayake, Jayalath ^a   Pinzger, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decision Tree Learner; Defect Prediction; Mining Software Repository

Indexed keywords

DEFECT PREDICTION; INDUCTION ALGORITHMS; LARGE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MINING SOFTWARE REPOSITORIES; MINING SOFTWARE REPOSITORY; NON-LINEAR MODEL; PREDICTION MODEL; PREDICTION PERFORMANCE; ROC CURVES; SOURCE FILES; TEMPORAL FEATURES; TREE-BASED;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION TREES; FEATURE EXTRACTION; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

DEFECTS;

EID: 77950525835     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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