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Defect content estimation for two reviewers

Wohlin, Claes LU ; Petersson, Håkan LU ; Höst, Martin LU and Runeson, Per LU orcid (2001) 12th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2001) In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE p.340-345
Abstract

Estimation of the defect content is important to enable quality control throughout the software development process. Capture-recapture methods and curve fitting methods have been suggested as tools to estimate the defect content after a review: The methods are highly reliant on the quality of the data. If the number of reviewers is fairly small, it becomes difficult or even impossible to get reliable estimates. This paper presents a comprehensive study of estimates based on two reviewers, using real data front reviews. Three experience-based defect content estimation methods are evaluated vs. methods that use data only from the current review. Some models are possible to distinguish front each other in terms of statistical significance.... (More)

Estimation of the defect content is important to enable quality control throughout the software development process. Capture-recapture methods and curve fitting methods have been suggested as tools to estimate the defect content after a review: The methods are highly reliant on the quality of the data. If the number of reviewers is fairly small, it becomes difficult or even impossible to get reliable estimates. This paper presents a comprehensive study of estimates based on two reviewers, using real data front reviews. Three experience-based defect content estimation methods are evaluated vs. methods that use data only from the current review. Some models are possible to distinguish front each other in terms of statistical significance. In order to gain an even better understanding, the best models are compared subjectively. It is concluded that the experience-based methods provide some good opportunities to estimate the defect content after a review.

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Proceedings 12th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering : ISSRE 2001 - ISSRE 2001
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Proceedings of the International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE
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6 pages
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
12th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2001)
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Hong Kong, China
conference dates
2001-11-27 - 2001-11-30
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  • scopus:0035688336
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1071-9458
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0-7695-1306-9
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10.1109/ISSRE.2001.989488
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English
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  author       = {{Wohlin, Claes and Petersson, Håkan and Höst, Martin and Runeson, Per}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings 12th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering : ISSRE 2001}},
  isbn         = {{0-7695-1306-9}},
  issn         = {{1071-9458}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{340--345}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  series       = {{Proceedings of the International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE}},
  title        = {{Defect content estimation for two reviewers}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISSRE.2001.989488}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/ISSRE.2001.989488}},
  year         = {{2001}},
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