JOURNAL ARTICLE

Software defect prediction using static code metrics underestimates defect-proneness

Abstract

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Keywords:
Computer science Software bug Software Classifier (UML) Code (set theory) Data mining Static program analysis Support vector machine Machine learning Artificial intelligence Code review Static analysis Software inspection Software quality Software development Programming language

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Citation History

Topics

Software Engineering Research
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Information Systems
Software Reliability and Analysis Research
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Software
Software Testing and Debugging Techniques
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Software

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