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Nov 2011 Dataset has been cleaned by MartinShepperd et al.
December 2, 2004 Donated by Tim Menzies

About the Data

This is one of the NASA Metrics Data Program defect data sets.

Comments

Martin Shepperd August 20th, 2011 at 7:07 am

Be aware that the Promise version of this dataset differs from the NASA MDP version:

Version,Cases(n),Features(p)

  • KC3 — NASA,458,43.
  • KC3 — Promise,458,40.

Therefore researchers are strongly advised to indicate which version of these files they are using!

Reference

“How Good is Your Blind Spot Sampling Policy?” Available from http://menzies.us/pdf/03blind.pdf.

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author={Menzies, T. and Di Stefano, J.S.},
booktitle={High Assurance Systems Engineering, 2004. Proceedings. Eighth IEEE International Symposium on},
title={How good is your blind spot sampling policy},
year={2004},
pages={129-138},
keywords={formal specification;program verification;sampling methods;software metrics;automatic formal methods;black box probing;blind spot sampling;
            defect detectors;formal specification;public domain defect data;software assessment;Aerospace engineering;Computer science;Costs;
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author={Shepperd, M. and Qinbao Song and Zhongbin Sun and Mair, C.},
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month={Sept},}