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XPU
2007
Springer
15 years 10 months ago
Predicting Software Defect Density: A Case Study on Automated Static Code Analysis
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. ...
Artem Marchenko, Pekka Abrahamsson
ICSE
2005
IEEE-ACM
16 years 4 months ago
Static analysis tools as early indicators of pre-release defect density
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...
Nachiappan Nagappan, Thomas Ball
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ICSE
1999
IEEE-ACM
15 years 8 months ago
A Practical Method for Verifying Event-Driven Software
Formal verification methods are used only sparingly in software development. The most successful methods to date are based on the use of model checking tools. To use such he user ...
Gerard J. Holzmann, Margaret H. Smith
FM
2009
Springer
153views Formal Methods» more  FM 2009»
15 years 1 months ago
Iterative Refinement of Reverse-Engineered Models by Model-Based Testing
Abstract. This paper presents an iterative technique to accurately reverseengineer models of the behaviour of software systems. A key novelty of the approach is the fact that it us...
Neil Walkinshaw, John Derrick, Qiang Guo
ICST
2008
IEEE
15 years 10 months ago
Testing Java Components based on Algebraic Specifications
This paper presents a method of component testing based on algebraic specifications. An algorithm for generating checkable test cases is proposed. A prototype testing tool called ...
Bo Yu, Liang Kong, Yufeng Zhang, Hong Zhu