Using bug report as a software quality measure: An empirical study

International Journal of Information Quality

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 164-183

  Yu, Liguo ^a   Ramaswamy, Srini ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^b ABB CORPORATE RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bug reports; Empirical study; Quality measure; Software quality

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

BUG REPORTS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PROJECTS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; QUALITY MEASURES; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCES; SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE QUALITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION;

EID: 84883037881     PISSN: 17510457     EISSN: 17510465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIQ.2013.054280     Document Type: Article

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