Using source code metrics to predict change-prone Java interfaces

IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, ICSM

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 303-312

  Romano, Daniele ^a   Pinzger, Martin ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INTERFACE COHESION; JAVA INTERFACES; OPEN SOURCE SYSTEM; PREDICTION MODEL; PREDICTIVE POWER; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SOURCE CODE CHANGES; SOURCE CODES; STRONG CORRELATION;

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 83455163221     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSM.2011.6080797     Document Type: Conference Paper

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