Background: The accurate prediction of where faults are likely to occur in code can help
direct test effort, reduce costs, and improve the quality of software. Objective: We investigate …

Predictive models are one of the most important techniques that are widely applied in many
areas of software engineering. There have been a large number of primary studies that …

Several code smell detection tools have been developed providing different results,
because smells can be subjectively interpreted, and hence detected, in different ways. In this …

Context: The correct prediction of long-lived bugs could help maintenance teams to build
their plan and to fix more bugs that often adversely affect software quality and disturb the …

Bug reports represent an important information source for software construction.
Misclassification of these reports inevitably introduces bias. Manual examinations can help …

Several code smells detection tools have been developed providing different results,
because smells can be subjectively interpreted and hence detected in different ways …

We exploit recent advances in analysis of graph topology to better understand software
evolution, and to construct predictors that facilitate software development and maintenance …

A critical item of a bug report is the so-called" severity", ie the impact the bug has on the
successful execution of the software system. Consequently, tool support for the person …

Developers build all the software artifacts in development. Existing work has studied the
social behavior in software repositories. In one of the most important software repositories, a …

Bugs are prevalent in software systems. Some bugs are critical and need to be fixed right
away, whereas others are minor and their fixes could be postponed until resources are …