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| Y. Tohma, K. Tokunaga, S. Nagase, Y. Murata, "Structural Approach to the Estimation of the Number of Residual Software Faults Based on the Hyper-Geometric Distribution," IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 345-355, March, 1989. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/32.21762, author = {Y. Tohma and K. Tokunaga and S. Nagase and Y. Murata}, title = {Structural Approach to the Estimation of the Number of Residual Software Faults Based on the Hyper-Geometric Distribution}, journal ={IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering}, volume = {15}, number = {3}, issn = {0098-5589}, year = {1989}, pages = {345-355}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/32.21762}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - JOUR JO - IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering TI - Structural Approach to the Estimation of the Number of Residual Software Faults Based on the Hyper-Geometric Distribution IS - 3 SN - 0098-5589 SP345 EP355 EPD - 345-355 A1 - Y. Tohma, A1 - K. Tokunaga, A1 - S. Nagase, A1 - Y. Murata, PY - 1989 KW - hypergeometric distribution; debugging; software reliability; residual software faults; hyper-geometric distribution; segmentation technique; composite estimation; growth curve; program debugging; programming theory; software reliability; statistical analysis. VL - 15 JA - IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering ER - | |||
Models based on the hyper-geometric distribution for estimating the number of residual software faults are proposed. The application of the basic model shows that its fit to real data is good. Two ways of improving the model, using a segmentation technique and composite estimation, respectively, are shown. The segmentation technique appears quite effective, particularly when the growth curve of the cumulative number of detected faults bends sharply. The applications of these models to real data are demonstrated.
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