The philosopher of science JW Grove (1989) once wrote,“There is, of course, nothing
strange or scandalous about divisions of opinion among scientists. This is a condition for …

BACKGROUND-Predicting defect-prone software components is an economically important
activity and so has received a good deal of attention. However, making sense of the many …

The construction of software cost estimation models remains an active topic of research. The
basic premise of cost modeling is that a historical database of software project cost data can …

This article introduces Rcapture, an R package for capture-recapture experiments. The data
for analysis consists of the frequencies of the observable capture histories over the t capture …

Research on code reviews has often focused on defect counts instead of defect types, which
offers an imperfect view of code review benefits. In this paper, we classified the defects of …

The study of ancient cultures is hindered by the incomplete survival of material artifacts, so
we commonly underestimate the diversity of cultural production in historic societies. To …

Software inspections, which were originally developed by Michael Fagan in 1976, are an
important means to verify and achieve sufficient quality in many software projects today …

This paper presents research in progress, as well as tentative findings related to the
empirical study of so called bad code smells. We present a taxonomy that categorizes …

Much current software defect prediction work focuses on the number of defects remaining in
a software system. In this paper, we present association rule mining based methods to …

Offering compelling practical and legal reasons why de-identification should be one of the
main approaches to protecting patients' privacy, this book outlines a proven, risk-based …