Programmer-based fault prediction

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ostrand, Thomas J ^a   Weyuker, Elaine J ^a   Bell, Robert M ^a  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bug ratio; Empirical study; Fault prone; Prediction; Regression model; Software faults

Indexed keywords

BUG RATIO; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FAULT-PRONE; PREDICTION; REGRESSION MODEL; SOFTWARE FAULT;

DEFECTS; MODELS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

FORECASTING;

EID: 78649780852     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1868328.1868357     Document Type: Conference Paper

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