Predicting aging-related bugs using software complexity metrics

Performance Evaluation

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 163-178

  Cotroneo, Domenico ^a   Natella, Roberto ^a   Pietrantuono, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging related bugs; Fault prediction; Software aging; Software complexity metrics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FORECASTING; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE TESTING;

AGING-RELATED BUGS; COMPLEX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; DEGRADED PERFORMANCE; FAULT PREDICTION; FAULT PREDICTION MODELS; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; SOFTWARE AGING; SOFTWARE COMPLEXITY;

PROGRAM DEBUGGING;

EID: 84883655922     PISSN: 01665316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peva.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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