The number of defects is an important indicator of software quality. Agile software development methods put an explicit requirement on automation and permanently low defect rates. ...
During software development it is helpful to obtain early estimates of the defect density of software components. Such estimates identify fault-prone areas of code requiring furth...
Many automated static analysis (ASA) tools have been developed in recent years for detecting software anomalies. The aim of these tools is to help developers to eliminate software...
Software systems evolve over time due to changes in requirements, optimization of code, fixes for security and reliability bugs etc. Code churn, which measures the changes made to...
According to its proponents, open source style software development has the capacity to compete successfully, and perhaps in many cases displace, traditional commercial developmen...