Defect density and defect prediction are essential for efficient resource allocation in software evolution. In an empirical study we applied data mining techniques for value seri...
This paper presents a case study in carrying out an audit of a large, softwareintensive system. We discuss our experience in structuring the team for obtaining maximum effectivene...
Alan W. Brown, David J. Carney, Paul C. Clements, ...
Abstract. Nested if-then-else statements is the most common programming schema in applications like data transformation or data analysis. In most cases, these can be replaced by hi...
Software products released into the field typically have some number of residual defects that either were not detected or could not have been detected during testing. This may be...
Christian Murphy, Gail E. Kaiser, Ian Vo, Matt Chu
In re-engineering object-oriented legacy code, it is frequently useful to introduce a design pattern in order to improve specific non-functional requirements (e.g., maintainabili...