Predicting testability of program modules using a neural network

Proceedings - 3rd IEEE Symposium on Application-Specific Systems and Software Engineering Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 57-62

  Khoshgoftaar, T M ^a   Allen, E B ^a   Xu, Z ^a  

^a Florida Atlantic Univ   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerospace electronics; Neural networks; Predictive models; Principal component analysis; Production systems; Programming; Software engineering; Software measurement; Software metrics; Software testing

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

AEROSPACE ELECTRONICS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SOFTWARE MEASUREMENT; SOFTWARE METRICS;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 84951832086     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ASSET.2000.888032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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