Effect of Coupling on Defect Proneness in Evolutionary Open-Source Software Development

TitleEffect of Coupling on Defect Proneness in Evolutionary Open-Source Software Development
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2007
AuthorsGünes Koru, A, Zhang, D, Liu, H
Secondary TitleOSS2007: Open Source Development, Adoption and Innovation (IFIP 2.13)
Volume234/2007
Pagination271 - 276
Date Published2007///
PublisherSpringer
ISSN Number978-0-387-72485-0
Abstract

Previous research on closed-source software found that highly coupled software modules were more defect prone, which makes it important to understand the effect of coupling on defect proneness in open-source software (OSS) projects. For this purpose, we used Cox proportional hazards modeling with recurrent events. We found that the effect of coupling was significant, and we quantified this effect on defect proneness.

DOI10.1007/978-0-387-72486-7_27
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