A statistical framework for the prediction of fault-proneness

Advances in Machine Learning Applications in Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 237-263

  Ma, Yan ^a   Guo, Lan ^a,b   Cukic, Bojan ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c West Virginia University   (United States)

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EID: 84900197051     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-941-1.ch010     Document Type: Chapter

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