Estimating software fault content before coding

Published 1 June 1992

Stephen G. Eick, Clive Loader, Mei Long, Lawrence G. Votta, Scott Vander Wiel

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A method of instrumenting a review process to record document faults discovered by reviewers during their preparation and, using statistical techniques related to capture-recapture methods, estimates the number of undiscovered faults remaining in the document.

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Article Estimating software fault content before coding Share on Authors: Stephen G. Eick View Profile , Clive R. Loader View Profile , M. David Long View Profile , Lawrence G. Votta View Profile , Scott Vander Wiel View Profile Authors Info & Claims ICSE '92: Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Software engineeringJune 1992 Pages 59–65https://doi.org/10.1145/143062.143090Online:01 June 1992Publication History 83citation658DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations83Total Downloads658Last 12 Months12Last 6 weeks0 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteGet Access

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