Machine Learning approaches are good in solving problems that have less information. In most cases, the
software domain problems characterize as a process of learning that depend on the various circumstances
and changes accordingly. A predictive model is constructed by using machine learning approaches and
classified them into defective and non-defective modules. Machine learning techniques help developers to
retrieve useful information after the classification and enable them to analyse data from different
perspectives. Machine learning techniques are proven to be useful in terms of software bug prediction. This
study used public available data sets of software modules and provides comparative performance analysis
of different machine learning techniques for software bug prediction. Results showed most of the machine
learning methods performed well on software bug datasets.
Comparative Performance Analysis of Machine Learning Techniques for Software ...csandit
Machine learning techniques can be used to analyse data from different perspectives and enable
developers to retrieve useful information. Machine learning techniques are proven to be useful
in terms of software bug prediction. In this paper, a comparative performance analysis of
different machine learning techniques is explored for software bug prediction on public
available data sets. Results showed most of the machine learning methods performed well on
software bug datasets.
TOWARDS PREDICTING SOFTWARE DEFECTS WITH CLUSTERING TECHNIQUESijaia
The purpose of software defect prediction is to improve the quality of a software project by building a
predictive model to decide whether a software module is or is not fault prone. In recent years, much
research in using machine learning techniques in this topic has been performed. Our aim was to evaluate
the performance of clustering techniques with feature selection schemes to address the problem of software
defect prediction problem. We analysed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
dataset benchmarks using three clustering algorithms: (1) Farthest First, (2) X-Means, and (3) selforganizing map (SOM). In order to evaluate different feature selection algorithms, this article presents a
comparative analysis involving software defects prediction based on Bat, Cuckoo, Grey Wolf Optimizer
(GWO), and particle swarm optimizer (PSO). The results obtained with the proposed clustering models
enabled us to build an efficient predictive model with a satisfactory detection rate and acceptable number
of features.
This document describes a machine learning model for software defect prediction. It uses NASA software metrics data to train artificial neural networks and decision tree models to predict defect density values. The model performs regression to predict defect values for test data. Experimental results show that while both ANN and decision tree methods did not initially provide acceptable predictions compared to the data variance, further experiments could enhance defect prediction performance through a two-step modeling approach.
Towards formulating dynamic model for predicting defects in system testing us...Journal Papers
This document discusses developing a dynamic model for predicting defects in system testing using metrics collected from prior phases. It begins with background on the waterfall and V-model software development processes. It then reviews previous research on software defect prediction, noting limited work has focused specifically on predicting defects in system testing. The proposed model would analyze metrics collected during requirements, design, coding, and testing phases to determine which metrics best predict defects found in system testing. A case study is discussed that would apply statistical analysis to historical metrics data to formulate a mathematical equation for defect prediction. The model would then be verified by applying it to new projects and comparing predicted defects to actual defects found during system testing. The goal is to select a prediction model that estimates defects
Automated exam question set generator using utility based agent and learning ...Journal Papers
This document proposes an Automated Exam Question Set Generator (AEQSG) that uses two intelligent agents - a Utility Based Agent (UBA) and a Learning Agent (LA). The UBA chooses exam questions based on user preferences or utilities, while the LA learns from past exam results to improve future question set generation. The AEQSG also applies Bloom's Taxonomy and Genetic Algorithms to generate question sets that meet guidelines while distributing questions by difficulty level. This approach aims to reduce educators' time spent creating exam question sets and improve their quality.
Development of software defect prediction system using artificial neural networkIJAAS Team
Software testing is an activity to enable a system is bug free during execution process. The software bug prediction is one of the most encouraging exercises of the testing phase of the software improvement life cycle. In any case, in this paper, a framework was created to anticipate the modules that deformity inclined in order to be utilized to all the more likely organize software quality affirmation exertion. Genetic Algorithm was used to extract relevant features from the acquired datasets to eliminate the possibility of overfitting and the relevant features were classified to defective or otherwise modules using the Artificial Neural Network. The system was executed in MATLAB (R2018a) Runtime environment utilizing a statistical toolkit and the performance of the system was assessed dependent on the accuracy, precision, recall, and the f-score to check the effectiveness of the system. In the finish of the led explores, the outcome indicated that ECLIPSE JDT CORE, ECLIPSE PDE UI, EQUINOX FRAMEWORK and LUCENE has the accuracy, precision, recall and the f-score of 86.93, 53.49, 79.31 and 63.89% respectively, 83.28, 31.91, 45.45 and 37.50% respectively, 83.43, 57.69, 45.45 and 50.84% respectively and 91.30, 33.33, 50.00 and 40.00% respectively. This paper presents an improved software predictive system for the software defect detections.
A Review on Parameter Estimation Techniques of Software Reliability Growth Mo...Editor IJCATR
Software reliability is considered as a quantifiable metric, which is defined as the probability of a software to operate
without failure for a specified period of time in a specific environment. Various software reliability growth models have been proposed
to predict the reliability of a software. These models help vendors to predict the behaviour of the software before shipment. The
reliability is predicted by estimating the parameters of the software reliability growth models. But the model parameters are generally
in nonlinear relationships which creates many problems in finding the optimal parameters using traditional techniques like Maximum
Likelihood and least Square Estimation. Various stochastic search algorithms have been introduced which have made the task of
parameter estimation, more reliable and computationally easier. Parameter estimation of NHPP based reliability models, using MLE
and using an evolutionary search algorithm called Particle Swarm Optimization, has been explored in the paper.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
Comparative Performance Analysis of Machine Learning Techniques for Software ...csandit
Machine learning techniques can be used to analyse data from different perspectives and enable
developers to retrieve useful information. Machine learning techniques are proven to be useful
in terms of software bug prediction. In this paper, a comparative performance analysis of
different machine learning techniques is explored for software bug prediction on public
available data sets. Results showed most of the machine learning methods performed well on
software bug datasets.
TOWARDS PREDICTING SOFTWARE DEFECTS WITH CLUSTERING TECHNIQUESijaia
The purpose of software defect prediction is to improve the quality of a software project by building a
predictive model to decide whether a software module is or is not fault prone. In recent years, much
research in using machine learning techniques in this topic has been performed. Our aim was to evaluate
the performance of clustering techniques with feature selection schemes to address the problem of software
defect prediction problem. We analysed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
dataset benchmarks using three clustering algorithms: (1) Farthest First, (2) X-Means, and (3) selforganizing map (SOM). In order to evaluate different feature selection algorithms, this article presents a
comparative analysis involving software defects prediction based on Bat, Cuckoo, Grey Wolf Optimizer
(GWO), and particle swarm optimizer (PSO). The results obtained with the proposed clustering models
enabled us to build an efficient predictive model with a satisfactory detection rate and acceptable number
of features.
This document describes a machine learning model for software defect prediction. It uses NASA software metrics data to train artificial neural networks and decision tree models to predict defect density values. The model performs regression to predict defect values for test data. Experimental results show that while both ANN and decision tree methods did not initially provide acceptable predictions compared to the data variance, further experiments could enhance defect prediction performance through a two-step modeling approach.
Towards formulating dynamic model for predicting defects in system testing us...Journal Papers
This document discusses developing a dynamic model for predicting defects in system testing using metrics collected from prior phases. It begins with background on the waterfall and V-model software development processes. It then reviews previous research on software defect prediction, noting limited work has focused specifically on predicting defects in system testing. The proposed model would analyze metrics collected during requirements, design, coding, and testing phases to determine which metrics best predict defects found in system testing. A case study is discussed that would apply statistical analysis to historical metrics data to formulate a mathematical equation for defect prediction. The model would then be verified by applying it to new projects and comparing predicted defects to actual defects found during system testing. The goal is to select a prediction model that estimates defects
Automated exam question set generator using utility based agent and learning ...Journal Papers
This document proposes an Automated Exam Question Set Generator (AEQSG) that uses two intelligent agents - a Utility Based Agent (UBA) and a Learning Agent (LA). The UBA chooses exam questions based on user preferences or utilities, while the LA learns from past exam results to improve future question set generation. The AEQSG also applies Bloom's Taxonomy and Genetic Algorithms to generate question sets that meet guidelines while distributing questions by difficulty level. This approach aims to reduce educators' time spent creating exam question sets and improve their quality.
Development of software defect prediction system using artificial neural networkIJAAS Team
Software testing is an activity to enable a system is bug free during execution process. The software bug prediction is one of the most encouraging exercises of the testing phase of the software improvement life cycle. In any case, in this paper, a framework was created to anticipate the modules that deformity inclined in order to be utilized to all the more likely organize software quality affirmation exertion. Genetic Algorithm was used to extract relevant features from the acquired datasets to eliminate the possibility of overfitting and the relevant features were classified to defective or otherwise modules using the Artificial Neural Network. The system was executed in MATLAB (R2018a) Runtime environment utilizing a statistical toolkit and the performance of the system was assessed dependent on the accuracy, precision, recall, and the f-score to check the effectiveness of the system. In the finish of the led explores, the outcome indicated that ECLIPSE JDT CORE, ECLIPSE PDE UI, EQUINOX FRAMEWORK and LUCENE has the accuracy, precision, recall and the f-score of 86.93, 53.49, 79.31 and 63.89% respectively, 83.28, 31.91, 45.45 and 37.50% respectively, 83.43, 57.69, 45.45 and 50.84% respectively and 91.30, 33.33, 50.00 and 40.00% respectively. This paper presents an improved software predictive system for the software defect detections.
A Review on Parameter Estimation Techniques of Software Reliability Growth Mo...Editor IJCATR
Software reliability is considered as a quantifiable metric, which is defined as the probability of a software to operate
without failure for a specified period of time in a specific environment. Various software reliability growth models have been proposed
to predict the reliability of a software. These models help vendors to predict the behaviour of the software before shipment. The
reliability is predicted by estimating the parameters of the software reliability growth models. But the model parameters are generally
in nonlinear relationships which creates many problems in finding the optimal parameters using traditional techniques like Maximum
Likelihood and least Square Estimation. Various stochastic search algorithms have been introduced which have made the task of
parameter estimation, more reliable and computationally easier. Parameter estimation of NHPP based reliability models, using MLE
and using an evolutionary search algorithm called Particle Swarm Optimization, has been explored in the paper.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
Positive developments but challenges still ahead a survey study on ux profe...Journal Papers
This survey study summarizes previous research on UX professionals' work practices and identifies key issues: (1) UX professionals' knowledge and practices, (2) organizational integration challenges, and (3) involvement in local communities. The study surveys 422 UX professionals in 5 countries about these issues. Results show that professionals have strong UX knowledge and use common methods/tools, but organizational integration challenges remain such as lack of resources and user involvement. Involvement in local communities is still limited despite their presence. Overall progress is seen, but more work is needed to address longstanding challenges.
Regression testing concentrates on finding defects after a major code change has occurred. Specifically, it
exposes software regressions or old bugs that have reappeared. It is an expensive testing process that has
been estimated to account for almost half of the cost of software maintenance. To improve the regression
testing process, test case prioritization techniques organizes the execution level of test cases. Further, it
gives an improved rate of fault identification, when test suites cannot run to completion.
Test case prioritization using firefly algorithm for software testingJournal Papers
Firefly Algorithm is applied to optimize the ordering of test cases for software testing. Test cases are represented as fireflies, with their similarity distance calculated using string metrics determining the firefly brightness. The Firefly Algorithm prioritizes test cases by moving brighter fireflies, representing more dissimilar test cases, to the front of the test sequence. Experiments on benchmark programs show the Firefly Algorithm approach achieves better or equal average percentage of faults detected and time performance compared to existing works.
Test Case Optimization and Redundancy Reduction Using GA and Neural Networks IJECEIAES
More than 50% of software development effort is spent in testing phase in a typical software development project. Test case design as well as execution consume a lot of time. Hence, automated generation of test cases is highly required. Here a novel testing methodology is being presented to test objectoriented software based on UML state chart diagrams. In this approach, function minimization technique is being applied and generate test cases automatically from UML state chart diagrams. Software testing forms an integral part of the software development life cycle. Since the objective of testing is to ensure the conformity of an application to its specification, a test “oracle” is needed to determine whether a given test case exposes a fault or not. An automated oracle to support the activities of human testers can reduce the actual cost of the testing process and the related maintenance costs. In this paper, a new concept is being presented using an UML state chart diagram and tables for the test case generation, artificial neural network as an optimization tool for reducing the redundancy in the test case generated using the genetic algorithm. A neural network is trained by the backpropagation algorithm on a set of test cases applied to the original version of the system.
Software Cost Estimation Using Clustering and Ranking SchemeEditor IJMTER
Software cost estimation is an important task in the software design and development process.
Planning and budgeting tasks are carried out with reference to the software cost values. A variety of
software properties are used in the cost estimation process. Hardware, products, technology and
methodology factors are used in the cost estimation process. The software cost estimation quality is
measured with reference to the accuracy levels.
Software cost estimation is carried out using three types of techniques. They are regression based
model, anology based model and machine learning model. Each model has a set of technique for the
software cost estimation process. 11 cost estimation techniques fewer than 3 different categories are
used in the system. The Attribute Relational File Format (ARFF) is used maintain the software product
property values. The ARFF file is used as the main input for the system.
The proposed system is designed to perform the clustering and ranking of software cost
estimation methods. Non overlapped clustering technique is enhanced with optimal centroid estimation
mechanism. The system improves the clustering and ranking process accuracy. The system produces
efficient ranking results on software cost estimation methods.
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research (IJCER) is dedicated to protecting personal information and will make every reasonable effort to handle collected information appropriately. All information collected, as well as related requests, will be handled as carefully and efficiently as possible in accordance with IJCER standards for integrity and objectivity.
IRJET - Neural Network based Leaf Disease Detection and Remedy Recommenda...IRJET Journal
This document describes a neural network-based system for detecting leaf diseases and recommending remedies. It uses a convolutional neural network (CNN) and deep learning techniques to classify images of plant leaves with different diseases. The system is trained on a dataset of 5000 leaf images across 4 disease classes. It aims to help farmers more easily identify leaf diseases and receive treatment recommendations without needing to directly contact experts. The document outlines the existing problems, proposed solution, literature review on related techniques like boosting and support vector machines, software and algorithms used including Python, Anaconda and Spyder. It also describes the implementation process involving modules for data loading, preprocessing, feature extraction using CNN, disease prediction, and recommending remedies.
Software testing defect prediction model a practical approacheSAT Journals
Abstract Software defects prediction aims to reduce software testing efforts by guiding the testers through the defect classification of software systems. Defect predictors are widely used in many organizations to predict software defects in order to save time, improve quality, testing and for better planning of the resources to meet the timelines. The application of statistical software testing defect prediction model in a real life setting is extremely difficult because it requires more number of data variables and metrics and also historical defect data to predict the next releases or new similar type of projects. This paper explains our statistical model, how it will accurately predict the defects for upcoming software releases or projects. We have used 20 past release data points of software project, 5 parameters and build a model by applying descriptive statistics, correlation and multiple linear regression models with 95% confidence intervals (CI). In this appropriate multiple linear regression model the R-square value was 0.91 and its Standard Error is 5.90%. The Software testing defect prediction model is now being used to predict defects at various testing projects and operational releases. We have found 90.76% precision between actual and predicted defects.
The Impact of Software Complexity on Cost and Quality - A Comparative Analysi...ijseajournal
Early prediction of software quality is important for better software planning and controlling. In early
development phases, design complexity metrics are considered as useful indicators of software testing
effort and some quality attributes. Although many studies investigate the relationship between design
complexity and cost and quality, it is unclear what we have learned beyond the scope of individual studies.
This paper presented a systematic review on the influence of software complexity metrics on quality
attributes. We aggregated Spearman correlation coefficients from 59 different data sets from 57 primary
studies by a tailored meta-analysis approach. We found that fault proneness and maintainability are most
frequently investigated attributes. Chidamber & Kemerer metric suite is most frequently used but not all of
them are good quality attribute indicators. Moreover, the impact of these metrics is not different in
proprietary and open source projects. The result provides some implications for building quality model
across project type.
Determination of Software Release Instant of Three-Tier Client Server Softwar...Waqas Tariq
Quality of any software system mainly depends on how much time testing take place, what kind of testing methodologies are used, how complex the software is, the amount of efforts put by software developers and the type of testing environment subject to the cost and time constraint. More time developers spend on testing more errors can be removed leading to better reliable software but then testing cost will also increase. On the contrary, if testing time is too short, software cost could be reduced provided the customers take risk of buying unreliable software. However, this will increase the cost during operational phase since it is more expensive to fix an error during operational phase than during testing phase. Therefore it is essentially important to decide when to stop testing and release the software to customers based on cost and reliability assessment. In this paper we present a mechanism of when to stop testing process and release the software to end-user by developing a software cost model with risk factor. Based on the proposed method we specifically address the issues of how to decide that we should stop testing and release the software based on three-tier client server architecture which would facilitates software developers to ensure on-time delivery of a software product meeting the criteria of achieving predefined level of reliability and minimizing the cost. A numerical example has been cited to illustrate the experimental results showing significant improvements over the conventional statistical models based on NHPP.
A Software Measurement Using Artificial Neural Network and Support Vector Mac...ijseajournal
Today, Software measurement are based on various techniques such that neural network, Genetic
algorithm, Fuzzy Logic etc. This study involves the efficiency of applying support vector machine using
Gaussian Radial Basis kernel function to software measurement problem to increase the performance and
accuracy. Support vector machines (SVM) are innovative approach to constructing learning machines that
Minimize generalization error. There is a close relationship between SVMs and the Radial Basis Function
(RBF) classifiers. Both have found numerous applications such as in optical character recognition, object
detection, face verification, text categorization, and so on. The result demonstrated that the accuracy and
generalization performance of SVM Gaussian Radial Basis kernel function is better than RBFN. We also
examine and summarize the several superior points of the SVM compared with RBFN.
An Elite Model for COTS Component Selection ProcessIJEACS
This document presents a multi-agent approach for selecting commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software components. It proposes a semi-automated model called ABCS that uses multiple agents to identify suitable candidate components based on requirements. The agents each handle sub-tasks like matching requirements, evaluating security, cost-benefit analysis, and integration testing. They coordinate to produce a weighted list of candidates from which experts can select the most suitable component. The model aims to reduce the time and improve the knowledge involved in COTS component selection.
Using Fuzzy Clustering and Software Metrics to Predict Faults in large Indust...IOSR Journals
This document describes a study that uses fuzzy clustering and software metrics to predict faults in large industrial software systems. The study uses fuzzy c-means clustering to group software components into faulty and fault-free clusters based on various software metrics. The study applies this method to the open-source JEdit software project, calculating metrics for 274 classes and identifying faults using repository data. The results show 88.49% accuracy in predicting faulty classes, demonstrating that fuzzy clustering can be an effective technique for fault prediction in large software systems.
In the present paper, applicability and
capability of A.I techniques for effort estimation prediction has
been investigated. It is seen that neuro fuzzy models are very
robust, characterized by fast computation, capable of handling
the distorted data. Due to the presence of data non-linearity, it is
an efficient quantitative tool to predict effort estimation. The one
hidden layer network has been developed named as OHLANFIS
using MATLAB simulation environment.
Here the initial parameters of the OHLANFIS are
identified using the subtractive clustering method. Parameters of
the Gaussian membership function are optimally determined
using the hybrid learning algorithm. From the analysis it is seen
that the Effort Estimation prediction model developed using
OHLANFIS technique has been able to perform well over normal
ANFIS Model.
How good is my software a simple approach for software rating based on syst...Conference Papers
This document proposes a simple analytics approach for determining a software product rating based on results from system testing. The approach assigns points to test cases based on whether they pass or fail during iterations of system testing. Points are totaled for each test strategy and weighted based on the strategy's importance. The weighted scores are averaged to determine an overall software rating on a predefined scale like stars. The rating can indicate software quality before full release or provide interim ratings during ongoing testing. A case study demonstrates calculating sample scores and ratings using functional testing results from three hypothetical software projects at different stages of testing.
ANALYSIS OF SOFTWARE QUALITY USING SOFTWARE METRICSijcsa
Software metrics have a direct link with measurement in software engineering. Correct measurement is the prior condition in any engineering fields, and software engineering is not an exception, as the size and complexity of software increases, manual inspection of software becomes a harder task. Most Software Engineers worry about the quality of software, how to measure and enhance its quality. The overall objective of this study was to asses and analysis’s software metrics used to measure the software product and process.
In this Study, the researcher used a collection of literatures from various electronic databases, available since 2008 to understand and know the software metrics. Finally, in this study, the researcher has been identified software quality is a means of measuring how software is designed and how well the software conforms to that design. Some of the variables that we are looking for software quality are Correctness, Product quality, Scalability, Completeness and Absence of bugs, However the quality standard that was used from one organization is different from others for this reason it is better to apply the software metrics to measure the quality of software and the current most common software metrics tools to reduce the subjectivity of faults during the assessment of software quality. The central contribution of this study is an overview about software metrics that can illustrate us the development in this area, and a critical analysis about the main metrics founded on the various literatures.
This document analyzes and compares maintainability metrics for aspect-oriented software (AOS) and object-oriented software (OOS) using five projects. It discusses metrics like number of children, depth of inheritance tree, lack of cohesion of methods, weighted methods per class, and lines of code. The results show that for most metrics like NOC, DIT, LCOM, and WMC, the mean values are higher for OOS compared to AOS, indicating that AOS is generally more maintainable based on these metrics. LOC is also lower on average for AOS. The study concludes that an AOP version is more maintainable than an OOP version according to the chosen metrics.
A metrics suite for variable categorizationt to support program invariants[IJCSEA Journal
Invariants are generally implicit. Explicitly stating program invariants, help programmers to identify
program properties that must be preserved while modifying the code. Existing dynamic techniques detect
invariants which includes both relevant and irrelevant/unused variables and thereby relevant and
irrelevant invariants involved in the program. Due to the presence of irrelevant variables and irrelevant
invariants, speed and efficiency of techniques are affected. Also, displaying properties about irrelevant
variables and irrelevant invariants distracts the user from concentrating on properties of relevant
variables. To overcome these deficiencies only relevant variables are considered by ignoring irrelevant
variables. Further, relevant variables are categorized as design variables and non-design variables. For
this purpose a metrics suite is proposed. These metrics are validated against Weyuker’s principles and
applied on RFV and JLex open source software. Similarly, relevant invariants are categorized as design
invariants, non-design invariants and hybrid invariants. For this purpose a set of rules are proposed. This
entire process enormously improves the speed and efficiency of dynamic invariant detection techniques
This document summarizes a research paper that examines the use of data mining techniques to predict software aging-related bugs from imbalanced datasets. The paper compares the performance of general data mining techniques versus techniques developed for imbalanced datasets on a real-world dataset of aging bugs found in MySQL software. The results show that techniques designed for imbalanced datasets, such as SMOTEbagging and MSMOTEboosting, performed better than general techniques at correctly predicting the minority class of data points related to aging bugs. The paper concludes that imbalanced dataset techniques are more useful for predicting rare aging bugs from imbalanced software bug datasets.
This paper proposes an improved approach to mine strong association rules from an association graph,
called graph based association rule mining (GBAR) method, where the association for each frequent
itemset is represented by a sub-graph, then all sub-graphs are merged to determine association rules with
high confidence and eliminate weak rules, the proposed graph based technique is self-motivated since it
builds the association graph in a successive manner. These rules achieve the scalability and reduce the
time needed to extract them. GBAR has been compared with three of the main graph based rule mining
algorithms; they are, FP-Growth Graph algorithm, generalized association pattern generation
(RIOMining) and multilevel association pattern generation (GRG). All of these algorithms depend on the
construction of association graph to generate the desired association rules. On the other hand, this chapter
expresses the observation results from the implementation of GBAR method recorded through the
experiment. The detailed results are shown by different case studies in different minimum support
thresholds values ranging from 90% down to 10% and minimum confidence values range from 55% to
95%. Generally, the observations focused on the execution time, the dimensionality of rules and the number
of rules generated, because the performance of the association rule mining process affected directly of
these criteria. Generally, the GBAR method has successfully reduced the execution time required to
generate desired association rules in almost all of the dataset.
STRATEGIES TO REDUCE REWORK IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ON AN ORGANISATION IN MAU...ijseajournal
Rework is a known vicious circle in software development since it plays a central role in the generation of
delays, extra costs and diverse risks introduced after software delivery. It eventually triggers a negative
impact on the quality of the software developed. In order to cater the rework issue, this paper goes in depth
with the notion of rework in software development as it occurs in practice by analysing a development
process on an organisation in Mauritius where rework is a major issue. Meticulous strategies to reduce
rework are then analysed and discussed. The paper ultimately leads to the recommendation of the best
strategy that is software configuration management to reduce the rework problem in software development
AGV PATH PLANNING BASED ON SMOOTHING A* ALGORITHMijseajournal
The path consumption of the digital map in the grid as the environment expression way is discrete, for
Automated Guided Vehicle(AGV) to achieve low consumption and smooth path planning target, the A*
algorithm is applied to the path planning based on grid, and the optimal path is realized. A path smoothing
method is proposed and applied to the path of A*. The smoothing method satisfies the AGV turning radius,
makes the path smooth transition at the break point, and realizes the smooth path deviation. The simulation
results are verified by using the grid method, and the path of the proposed method is smoother, the path
consumes less and the path error is less than that of the A*.
Positive developments but challenges still ahead a survey study on ux profe...Journal Papers
This survey study summarizes previous research on UX professionals' work practices and identifies key issues: (1) UX professionals' knowledge and practices, (2) organizational integration challenges, and (3) involvement in local communities. The study surveys 422 UX professionals in 5 countries about these issues. Results show that professionals have strong UX knowledge and use common methods/tools, but organizational integration challenges remain such as lack of resources and user involvement. Involvement in local communities is still limited despite their presence. Overall progress is seen, but more work is needed to address longstanding challenges.
Regression testing concentrates on finding defects after a major code change has occurred. Specifically, it
exposes software regressions or old bugs that have reappeared. It is an expensive testing process that has
been estimated to account for almost half of the cost of software maintenance. To improve the regression
testing process, test case prioritization techniques organizes the execution level of test cases. Further, it
gives an improved rate of fault identification, when test suites cannot run to completion.
Test case prioritization using firefly algorithm for software testingJournal Papers
Firefly Algorithm is applied to optimize the ordering of test cases for software testing. Test cases are represented as fireflies, with their similarity distance calculated using string metrics determining the firefly brightness. The Firefly Algorithm prioritizes test cases by moving brighter fireflies, representing more dissimilar test cases, to the front of the test sequence. Experiments on benchmark programs show the Firefly Algorithm approach achieves better or equal average percentage of faults detected and time performance compared to existing works.
Test Case Optimization and Redundancy Reduction Using GA and Neural Networks IJECEIAES
More than 50% of software development effort is spent in testing phase in a typical software development project. Test case design as well as execution consume a lot of time. Hence, automated generation of test cases is highly required. Here a novel testing methodology is being presented to test objectoriented software based on UML state chart diagrams. In this approach, function minimization technique is being applied and generate test cases automatically from UML state chart diagrams. Software testing forms an integral part of the software development life cycle. Since the objective of testing is to ensure the conformity of an application to its specification, a test “oracle” is needed to determine whether a given test case exposes a fault or not. An automated oracle to support the activities of human testers can reduce the actual cost of the testing process and the related maintenance costs. In this paper, a new concept is being presented using an UML state chart diagram and tables for the test case generation, artificial neural network as an optimization tool for reducing the redundancy in the test case generated using the genetic algorithm. A neural network is trained by the backpropagation algorithm on a set of test cases applied to the original version of the system.
Software Cost Estimation Using Clustering and Ranking SchemeEditor IJMTER
Software cost estimation is an important task in the software design and development process.
Planning and budgeting tasks are carried out with reference to the software cost values. A variety of
software properties are used in the cost estimation process. Hardware, products, technology and
methodology factors are used in the cost estimation process. The software cost estimation quality is
measured with reference to the accuracy levels.
Software cost estimation is carried out using three types of techniques. They are regression based
model, anology based model and machine learning model. Each model has a set of technique for the
software cost estimation process. 11 cost estimation techniques fewer than 3 different categories are
used in the system. The Attribute Relational File Format (ARFF) is used maintain the software product
property values. The ARFF file is used as the main input for the system.
The proposed system is designed to perform the clustering and ranking of software cost
estimation methods. Non overlapped clustering technique is enhanced with optimal centroid estimation
mechanism. The system improves the clustering and ranking process accuracy. The system produces
efficient ranking results on software cost estimation methods.
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research (IJCER) is dedicated to protecting personal information and will make every reasonable effort to handle collected information appropriately. All information collected, as well as related requests, will be handled as carefully and efficiently as possible in accordance with IJCER standards for integrity and objectivity.
IRJET - Neural Network based Leaf Disease Detection and Remedy Recommenda...IRJET Journal
This document describes a neural network-based system for detecting leaf diseases and recommending remedies. It uses a convolutional neural network (CNN) and deep learning techniques to classify images of plant leaves with different diseases. The system is trained on a dataset of 5000 leaf images across 4 disease classes. It aims to help farmers more easily identify leaf diseases and receive treatment recommendations without needing to directly contact experts. The document outlines the existing problems, proposed solution, literature review on related techniques like boosting and support vector machines, software and algorithms used including Python, Anaconda and Spyder. It also describes the implementation process involving modules for data loading, preprocessing, feature extraction using CNN, disease prediction, and recommending remedies.
Software testing defect prediction model a practical approacheSAT Journals
Abstract Software defects prediction aims to reduce software testing efforts by guiding the testers through the defect classification of software systems. Defect predictors are widely used in many organizations to predict software defects in order to save time, improve quality, testing and for better planning of the resources to meet the timelines. The application of statistical software testing defect prediction model in a real life setting is extremely difficult because it requires more number of data variables and metrics and also historical defect data to predict the next releases or new similar type of projects. This paper explains our statistical model, how it will accurately predict the defects for upcoming software releases or projects. We have used 20 past release data points of software project, 5 parameters and build a model by applying descriptive statistics, correlation and multiple linear regression models with 95% confidence intervals (CI). In this appropriate multiple linear regression model the R-square value was 0.91 and its Standard Error is 5.90%. The Software testing defect prediction model is now being used to predict defects at various testing projects and operational releases. We have found 90.76% precision between actual and predicted defects.
The Impact of Software Complexity on Cost and Quality - A Comparative Analysi...ijseajournal
Early prediction of software quality is important for better software planning and controlling. In early
development phases, design complexity metrics are considered as useful indicators of software testing
effort and some quality attributes. Although many studies investigate the relationship between design
complexity and cost and quality, it is unclear what we have learned beyond the scope of individual studies.
This paper presented a systematic review on the influence of software complexity metrics on quality
attributes. We aggregated Spearman correlation coefficients from 59 different data sets from 57 primary
studies by a tailored meta-analysis approach. We found that fault proneness and maintainability are most
frequently investigated attributes. Chidamber & Kemerer metric suite is most frequently used but not all of
them are good quality attribute indicators. Moreover, the impact of these metrics is not different in
proprietary and open source projects. The result provides some implications for building quality model
across project type.
Determination of Software Release Instant of Three-Tier Client Server Softwar...Waqas Tariq
Quality of any software system mainly depends on how much time testing take place, what kind of testing methodologies are used, how complex the software is, the amount of efforts put by software developers and the type of testing environment subject to the cost and time constraint. More time developers spend on testing more errors can be removed leading to better reliable software but then testing cost will also increase. On the contrary, if testing time is too short, software cost could be reduced provided the customers take risk of buying unreliable software. However, this will increase the cost during operational phase since it is more expensive to fix an error during operational phase than during testing phase. Therefore it is essentially important to decide when to stop testing and release the software to customers based on cost and reliability assessment. In this paper we present a mechanism of when to stop testing process and release the software to end-user by developing a software cost model with risk factor. Based on the proposed method we specifically address the issues of how to decide that we should stop testing and release the software based on three-tier client server architecture which would facilitates software developers to ensure on-time delivery of a software product meeting the criteria of achieving predefined level of reliability and minimizing the cost. A numerical example has been cited to illustrate the experimental results showing significant improvements over the conventional statistical models based on NHPP.
A Software Measurement Using Artificial Neural Network and Support Vector Mac...ijseajournal
Today, Software measurement are based on various techniques such that neural network, Genetic
algorithm, Fuzzy Logic etc. This study involves the efficiency of applying support vector machine using
Gaussian Radial Basis kernel function to software measurement problem to increase the performance and
accuracy. Support vector machines (SVM) are innovative approach to constructing learning machines that
Minimize generalization error. There is a close relationship between SVMs and the Radial Basis Function
(RBF) classifiers. Both have found numerous applications such as in optical character recognition, object
detection, face verification, text categorization, and so on. The result demonstrated that the accuracy and
generalization performance of SVM Gaussian Radial Basis kernel function is better than RBFN. We also
examine and summarize the several superior points of the SVM compared with RBFN.
An Elite Model for COTS Component Selection ProcessIJEACS
This document presents a multi-agent approach for selecting commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software components. It proposes a semi-automated model called ABCS that uses multiple agents to identify suitable candidate components based on requirements. The agents each handle sub-tasks like matching requirements, evaluating security, cost-benefit analysis, and integration testing. They coordinate to produce a weighted list of candidates from which experts can select the most suitable component. The model aims to reduce the time and improve the knowledge involved in COTS component selection.
Using Fuzzy Clustering and Software Metrics to Predict Faults in large Indust...IOSR Journals
This document describes a study that uses fuzzy clustering and software metrics to predict faults in large industrial software systems. The study uses fuzzy c-means clustering to group software components into faulty and fault-free clusters based on various software metrics. The study applies this method to the open-source JEdit software project, calculating metrics for 274 classes and identifying faults using repository data. The results show 88.49% accuracy in predicting faulty classes, demonstrating that fuzzy clustering can be an effective technique for fault prediction in large software systems.
In the present paper, applicability and
capability of A.I techniques for effort estimation prediction has
been investigated. It is seen that neuro fuzzy models are very
robust, characterized by fast computation, capable of handling
the distorted data. Due to the presence of data non-linearity, it is
an efficient quantitative tool to predict effort estimation. The one
hidden layer network has been developed named as OHLANFIS
using MATLAB simulation environment.
Here the initial parameters of the OHLANFIS are
identified using the subtractive clustering method. Parameters of
the Gaussian membership function are optimally determined
using the hybrid learning algorithm. From the analysis it is seen
that the Effort Estimation prediction model developed using
OHLANFIS technique has been able to perform well over normal
ANFIS Model.
How good is my software a simple approach for software rating based on syst...Conference Papers
This document proposes a simple analytics approach for determining a software product rating based on results from system testing. The approach assigns points to test cases based on whether they pass or fail during iterations of system testing. Points are totaled for each test strategy and weighted based on the strategy's importance. The weighted scores are averaged to determine an overall software rating on a predefined scale like stars. The rating can indicate software quality before full release or provide interim ratings during ongoing testing. A case study demonstrates calculating sample scores and ratings using functional testing results from three hypothetical software projects at different stages of testing.
ANALYSIS OF SOFTWARE QUALITY USING SOFTWARE METRICSijcsa
Software metrics have a direct link with measurement in software engineering. Correct measurement is the prior condition in any engineering fields, and software engineering is not an exception, as the size and complexity of software increases, manual inspection of software becomes a harder task. Most Software Engineers worry about the quality of software, how to measure and enhance its quality. The overall objective of this study was to asses and analysis’s software metrics used to measure the software product and process.
In this Study, the researcher used a collection of literatures from various electronic databases, available since 2008 to understand and know the software metrics. Finally, in this study, the researcher has been identified software quality is a means of measuring how software is designed and how well the software conforms to that design. Some of the variables that we are looking for software quality are Correctness, Product quality, Scalability, Completeness and Absence of bugs, However the quality standard that was used from one organization is different from others for this reason it is better to apply the software metrics to measure the quality of software and the current most common software metrics tools to reduce the subjectivity of faults during the assessment of software quality. The central contribution of this study is an overview about software metrics that can illustrate us the development in this area, and a critical analysis about the main metrics founded on the various literatures.
This document analyzes and compares maintainability metrics for aspect-oriented software (AOS) and object-oriented software (OOS) using five projects. It discusses metrics like number of children, depth of inheritance tree, lack of cohesion of methods, weighted methods per class, and lines of code. The results show that for most metrics like NOC, DIT, LCOM, and WMC, the mean values are higher for OOS compared to AOS, indicating that AOS is generally more maintainable based on these metrics. LOC is also lower on average for AOS. The study concludes that an AOP version is more maintainable than an OOP version according to the chosen metrics.
A metrics suite for variable categorizationt to support program invariants[IJCSEA Journal
Invariants are generally implicit. Explicitly stating program invariants, help programmers to identify
program properties that must be preserved while modifying the code. Existing dynamic techniques detect
invariants which includes both relevant and irrelevant/unused variables and thereby relevant and
irrelevant invariants involved in the program. Due to the presence of irrelevant variables and irrelevant
invariants, speed and efficiency of techniques are affected. Also, displaying properties about irrelevant
variables and irrelevant invariants distracts the user from concentrating on properties of relevant
variables. To overcome these deficiencies only relevant variables are considered by ignoring irrelevant
variables. Further, relevant variables are categorized as design variables and non-design variables. For
this purpose a metrics suite is proposed. These metrics are validated against Weyuker’s principles and
applied on RFV and JLex open source software. Similarly, relevant invariants are categorized as design
invariants, non-design invariants and hybrid invariants. For this purpose a set of rules are proposed. This
entire process enormously improves the speed and efficiency of dynamic invariant detection techniques
This document summarizes a research paper that examines the use of data mining techniques to predict software aging-related bugs from imbalanced datasets. The paper compares the performance of general data mining techniques versus techniques developed for imbalanced datasets on a real-world dataset of aging bugs found in MySQL software. The results show that techniques designed for imbalanced datasets, such as SMOTEbagging and MSMOTEboosting, performed better than general techniques at correctly predicting the minority class of data points related to aging bugs. The paper concludes that imbalanced dataset techniques are more useful for predicting rare aging bugs from imbalanced software bug datasets.
This paper proposes an improved approach to mine strong association rules from an association graph,
called graph based association rule mining (GBAR) method, where the association for each frequent
itemset is represented by a sub-graph, then all sub-graphs are merged to determine association rules with
high confidence and eliminate weak rules, the proposed graph based technique is self-motivated since it
builds the association graph in a successive manner. These rules achieve the scalability and reduce the
time needed to extract them. GBAR has been compared with three of the main graph based rule mining
algorithms; they are, FP-Growth Graph algorithm, generalized association pattern generation
(RIOMining) and multilevel association pattern generation (GRG). All of these algorithms depend on the
construction of association graph to generate the desired association rules. On the other hand, this chapter
expresses the observation results from the implementation of GBAR method recorded through the
experiment. The detailed results are shown by different case studies in different minimum support
thresholds values ranging from 90% down to 10% and minimum confidence values range from 55% to
95%. Generally, the observations focused on the execution time, the dimensionality of rules and the number
of rules generated, because the performance of the association rule mining process affected directly of
these criteria. Generally, the GBAR method has successfully reduced the execution time required to
generate desired association rules in almost all of the dataset.
STRATEGIES TO REDUCE REWORK IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ON AN ORGANISATION IN MAU...ijseajournal
Rework is a known vicious circle in software development since it plays a central role in the generation of
delays, extra costs and diverse risks introduced after software delivery. It eventually triggers a negative
impact on the quality of the software developed. In order to cater the rework issue, this paper goes in depth
with the notion of rework in software development as it occurs in practice by analysing a development
process on an organisation in Mauritius where rework is a major issue. Meticulous strategies to reduce
rework are then analysed and discussed. The paper ultimately leads to the recommendation of the best
strategy that is software configuration management to reduce the rework problem in software development
AGV PATH PLANNING BASED ON SMOOTHING A* ALGORITHMijseajournal
The path consumption of the digital map in the grid as the environment expression way is discrete, for
Automated Guided Vehicle(AGV) to achieve low consumption and smooth path planning target, the A*
algorithm is applied to the path planning based on grid, and the optimal path is realized. A path smoothing
method is proposed and applied to the path of A*. The smoothing method satisfies the AGV turning radius,
makes the path smooth transition at the break point, and realizes the smooth path deviation. The simulation
results are verified by using the grid method, and the path of the proposed method is smoother, the path
consumes less and the path error is less than that of the A*.
A MAPPING MODEL FOR TRANSFORMING TRADITIONAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT METHODS TO ...ijseajournal
Agility is bringing in responsibility and ownership in individuals, which will eventually bring out effectiveness and efficiency in deliverables. Agile model is growing in the market at very good pace.Companies are drifting from traditional Software Development Life Cycle models to Agile Environment for the purpose of attaining quality and for the sake of saving cost and time. Nimbleness nature of Agile is helpful in frequent releases so as to satisfy the customer by providing frequent dual feedback. In Traditional models, life cycle is properly defined and also phases are elaborated by specifying needed input
and output parameters. On the other hand, in Agile environment, phases are specific to methodologies of Agile - Extreme Programming etc. In this paper a common life cycle approach is proposed that is applicable for different kinds of teams. The paper aims to describe a mapping function for mapping of traditional methods to Agile method.
Compositional testing for fsm based modelsijseajournal
The contribution of this paper is threefold: first, it defines a framework for modelling component
-
based
systems, as well as a formalization of integration rules to combine their behaviour. This is based on fini
te
state machines (FSM). Second, it studies compositional conformance testing i.e. checking whether an
implementation made of conforming components combined with integration operators is conform to its
specification. Third, it shows the correctness of the
global system can be obtained by testing the
components involved into it towards the projection of the global specification on the specifications of the
components. This result is useful to build adequate test purposes for testing components taking into ac
count
the system where they are plugged in
Suggest an intelligent framework for building business process management [ p...ijseajournal
As companies enter into the digital world, information technology is playing a major role in bringing
process improvements to the forefront of business management. In the recent decades, many organizations
have struggled to redesign and improve their business processes to reduce their total cost. The main
contribution of this research study is to propose an intelligent framework that possesses the ability to
employ a database of best practices, business standards, and business activity history in order to permit the
manager to analyze and improve the design of the business processes.
In addition, the other objective of this research is to build a business process or workflow directly from its
process design logic in order to enable rapid process development and deployment. This procedure
requires some technical improvements of the business design, as it is mainly based on building the business
process using Microsoft Office Visio, which communicates the defined business process to the business
process management engine.
In the software measurement validations, assessing the validation of software metrics in software
engineering is a very difficult task due to lack of theoretical methodology and empirical methodology [41,
44, 45]. During recent years, there have been a number of researchers addressing the issue of validating
software metrics. At present, software metrics are validated theoretically using properties of measures.
Further, software measurement plays an important role in understanding and controlling software
development practices and products. The major requirement in software measurement is that the measures
must represent accurately those attributes they purport to quantify and validation is critical to the success
of software measurement. Normally, validation is a collection of analysis and testing activities across the
full life cycle and complements the efforts of other quality engineering functions and validation is a critical
task in any engineering project. Further, validation objective is to discover defects in a system and assess
whether or not the system is useful and usable in operational situation. In the case of software engineering,
validation is one of the software engineering disciplines that help build quality into software. The major
objective of software validation process is to determine that the software performs its intended functions
correctly and provides information about its quality and reliability. This paper discusses the validation
methodology, techniques and different properties of measures that are used for software metrics validation.
In most cases, theoretical and empirical validations are conducted for software metrics validations in
software engineering [1-50].
SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES IN THE PERCEPTIONS OF LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTE...ijseajournal
This document summarizes a research study that examined how users' perceptions of a learning management system (LMS) design can differ based on socio-demographic factors like gender, age, experience, and role.
The study developed a questionnaire to assess users' satisfaction with various aspects of an LMS, including navigation experience and interface design. It also measured perceptions of seven interface design factors known to potentially cause frustration, like confusing features or ambiguous terminology.
The study aimed to see if perceptions of the design factors and satisfaction measures correlated. It also tested if perceptions differed based on socio-demographic background, and if a "one-size-fits-all" design approach led to varying satisfaction levels among different user groups.
An empirical evaluation of impact of refactoring on internal and external mea...ijseajournal
Refactoring is the process of improving the design of existing code by changing its internal structure
without affecting its external behaviour, with the main aims of improving the quality of software product.
Therefore, there is a belief that refactoring improves quality factors such as understandability, flexibility,
and reusability. However, there is limited empirical evidence to support such assumptions.
The objective of this study is to validate/invalidate the claims that refactoring improves software quality.
The impact of selected refactoring techniques was assessed using both external and internal measures. Ten
refactoring techniques were evaluated through experiments to assess external measures: Resource
Utilization, Time Behaviour, Changeability and Analysability which are ISO external quality factors and
five internal measures: Maintainability Index, Cyclomatic Complexity, Depth of Inheritance, Class
Coupling and Lines of Code.
The result of external measures did not show any improvements in code quality after the refactoring
treatment. However, from internal measures, maintainability index indicated an improvement in code
quality of refactored code than non-refactored code and other internal measures did not indicate any
positive effect on refactored code.
The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) has been applied in many fields and especially to complex
engineering problems and applications. The AHP is capable of structuring decision problems and finding
mathematically determined judgments built on knowledge and experience. This suggests that AHP should
prove useful in agile software development where complex decisions occur routinely. In this paper, the
AHP is used to rank the refactoring techniques based on the internal code quality attributes. XP
encourages applying the refactoring where the code smells bad. However, refactoring may consume more
time and efforts.So, to maximize the benefits of the refactoring in less time and effort, AHP has been
applied to achieve this purpose. It was found that ranking the refactoring techniques helped the XP team to
focus on the technique that improve the code and the XP development process in general.
Software testing is an important activity of the software development process. Software testing is most
efforts consuming phase in software development. One would like to minimize the effort and maximize the
number of faults detected and automated test case generation contributes to reduce cost and time effort.
Hence test case generation may be treated as an optimization problem In this paper we have used genetic
algorithm to optimize the test case that are generated applying conditional coverage on source code. Test
case data is generated automatically using genetic algorithm are optimized and outperforms the test cases
generated by random testing.
In this paper we proposed the logical correct path to implement automatically any algorithm or model in
verified C# code. Our proposal depends on using the event-B as a formal method. It is suitable solution for
un-experience in programming language and profession in mathematical modeling. Our proposal also
integrates requirements, codes and verification in system development life cycle. We suggest also using
event-B pattern. Our suggestion is classify into two cases, the algorithm case and the model case. The
benefits of our proposal are reducing the prove effort, reusability, increasing the automation degree and
generate high quality code. In this paper we applied and discussed the three phases of automatic code
generation philosophy on two case studies the first is “minimum algorithm” and the second one is a model
for ATM.
Design patterns for self adaptive systemsijseajournal
Self adaptation has been proposed to overcome the complexity of today's software systems which results
from the uncertainty issue. Aspects of uncertainty include changing systems goals, changing resource
availability and dynamic operating conditions. Feedback control loops have been recognized as vital
elements for engineering self-adaptive systems. However, despite their importance, there is still a lack of
systematic way of the design of the interactions between the different components comprising one
particular feedback control loop as well as the interactions between components from different control
loops . Most existing approaches are either domain specific or too abstract to be useful. In addition, the
issue of multiple control loops is often neglected and consequently self adaptive systems are often designed
around a single loop. In this paper we propose a set of design patterns for modeling and designing self
adaptive software systems based on MAPE-K. Control loop of IBM architecture blueprint which takes into
account the multiple control loops issue. A case study is presented to illustrate the applicability of the
proposed design patterns.
Machine learning techniques can be used to analyse data from different perspectives and enable developers to retrieve useful information. Machine learning techniques are proven to be useful
in terms of software bug prediction. In this paper, a comparative performance analysis of
different machine learning techniques is explored for software bug prediction on public
available data sets. Results showed most of the machine learning methods performed well on
software bug datasets.
A simplified predictive framework for cost evaluation to fault assessment usi...IJECEIAES
Software engineering is an integral part of any software development scheme which frequently encounters bugs, errors, and faults. Predictive evaluation of software fault contributes towards mitigating this challenge to a large extent; however, there is no benchmarked framework being reported in this case yet. Therefore, this paper introduces a computational framework of the cost evaluation method to facilitate a better form of predictive assessment of software faults. Based on lines of code, the proposed scheme deploys adopts a machine-learning approach to address the perform predictive analysis of faults. The proposed scheme presents an analytical framework of the correlation-based cost model integrated with multiple standards machine learning (ML) models, e.g., linear regression, support vector regression, and artificial neural networks (ANN). These learning models are executed and trained to predict software faults with higher accuracy. The study considers assessing the outcomes based on error-based performance metrics in detail to determine how well each learning model performs and how accurate it is at learning. It also looked at the factors contributing to the training loss of neural networks. The validation result demonstrates that, compared to logistic regression and support vector regression, neural network achieves a significantly lower error score for software fault prediction.
Insights of effectivity analysis of learning-based approaches towards softwar...IJECEIAES
Software defect prediction is one of the essential sets of operation towards mitigating issues of risk management in software development known to contribute towards enhancing the quality of software. There is evolution of various methodologies towards resolving this issue while learning-based methodology is witnessed to be the most dominant contributor. The problem identified is that there are yet many unsolved queries associated with practical viability of such learning-based approach adoption in software quality management. Proposed approaches discussed in this paper contributes towards mitigating this challenge by introducing a simplified, compact, and crisp analysis of effectiveness associated with learning-based schemes. The paper presents its major findings of effectivity analysis of machine learning, deep learning, hybrid, and other miscellaneous approaches deployed for fault prediction followed by highlighting research trend. The major findings infer that feature selection, data imbalance, interpretability, and in adequate involvement of context are prime gaps in existing methods. The paper also contributes towards research gap as well as essential learning outcomes of present review work.
Software Defect Prediction Using Radial Basis and Probabilistic Neural NetworksEditor IJCATR
This document discusses using neural networks for software defect prediction. It examines the effectiveness of using a radial basis function neural network and a probabilistic neural network on prediction accuracy and defect prediction compared to other techniques. The key findings are that neural networks provide an acceptable level of accuracy for defect prediction but perform poorly at actual defect prediction. Probabilistic neural networks performed consistently better than other techniques across different datasets in terms of prediction accuracy and defect prediction ability. The document recommends using an ensemble of different software defect prediction models rather than relying on a single technique.
an error in that computer program. In order to improve the software quality, prediction of faulty modules is
necessary. Various Metric suites and techniques are available to predict the modules which are critical and
likely to be fault prone. Genetic Algorithm is a problem solving algorithm. It uses genetics as its model of
problem solving. It’s a search technique to find approximate solutions to optimization and search
problems.Genetic algorithm is applied for solving the problem of faulty module prediction and as well as
for finding the most important attribute for fault occurrence. In order to perform the analysis, performance
validation of the Genetic Algorithm using open source software jEdit is done. The results are measured in
terms Accuracy and Error in predicting by calculating probability of detection and probability of false
Alarms
A Defect Prediction Model for Software Product based on ANFISIJSRD
Artificial intelligence techniques are day by day getting involvement in all the classification and prediction based process like environmental monitoring, stock exchange conditions, biomedical diagnosis, software engineering etc. However still there are yet to be simplify the challenges of selecting training criteria for design of artificial intelligence models used for prediction of results. This work focus on the defect prediction mechanism development using software metric data of KC1.We have taken subtractive clustering approach for generation of fuzzy inference system (FIS).The FIS rules are generated at different radius of influence of input attribute vectors and the developed rules are further modified by ANFIS technique to obtain the prediction of number of defects in software project using fuzzy logic system.
A Defect Prediction Model for Software Product based on ANFISIJSRD
Artificial intelligence techniques are day by day getting involvement in all the classification and prediction based process like environmental monitoring, stock exchange conditions, biomedical diagnosis, software engineering etc. However still there are yet to be simplify the challenges of selecting training criteria for design of artificial intelligence models used for prediction of results. This work focus on the defect prediction mechanism development using software metric data of KC1.We have taken subtractive clustering approach for generation of fuzzy inference system (FIS).The FIS rules are generated at different radius of influence of input attribute vectors and the developed rules are further modified by ANFIS technique to obtain the prediction of number of defects in software project using fuzzy logic system.
A Review on Software Fault Detection and Prevention Mechanism in Software Dev...iosrjce
IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering (IOSR-JCE) is a double blind peer reviewed International Journal that provides rapid publication (within a month) of articles in all areas of computer engineering and its applications. The journal welcomes publications of high quality papers on theoretical developments and practical applications in computer technology. Original research papers, state-of-the-art reviews, and high quality technical notes are invited for publications.
This document provides an overview of software fault detection and prevention mechanisms. It discusses several fault detection mechanisms used in the software development lifecycle, including automated static analysis, graph mining, and classifiers. Automated static analysis tools can find standard problems but miss many faults that could lead to failures. Graph mining uses call graph analysis to identify issues in function calling frequencies or structures. Classifiers like NaiveBayes can be trained on normal code behavior to identify abnormal events. The document also discusses fault prevention benefits, related work, and concludes with the importance of fault detection and prevention for developing high quality, reliable software.
A NOVEL APPROACH TO ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION OF C PROGRAMS USING MACHIN...IJCI JOURNAL
There has always been a struggle for programmers to identify the errors while executing a program- be it
syntactical or logical error. This struggle has led to a research in identification of syntactical and logical
errors. This paper makes an attempt to survey those research works which can be used to identify errors as
well as proposes a new model based on machine learning and data mining which can detect logical and
syntactical errors by correcting them or providing suggestions. The proposed work is based on use of
hashtags to identify each correct program uniquely and this in turn can be compared with the logically
incorrect program in order to identify errors.
ENSEMBLE REGRESSION MODELS FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT EFFORT ESTIMATION: A COMP...ijseajournal
As demand for computer software continually increases, software scope and complexity become higher than ever. The software industry is in real need of accurate estimates of the project under development. Software development effort estimation is one of the main processes in software project management. However, overestimation and underestimation may cause the software industry loses. This study determines which technique has better effort prediction accuracy and propose combined techniques that could provide better estimates. Eight different ensemble models to estimate effort with Ensemble Models were compared with each other base on the predictive accuracy on the Mean Absolute Residual (MAR) criterion and statistical tests. The results have indicated that the proposed ensemble models, besides delivering high efficiency in contrast to its counterparts, and produces the best responses for software project effort estimation. Therefore, the proposed ensemble models in this study will help the project managers working with development quality software.
Contributors to Reduce Maintainability Cost at the Software Implementation PhaseWaqas Tariq
This document discusses factors that can reduce software maintenance costs during the implementation phase. It identifies that maintenance costs are highest during software development phases. The objective is to define criteria to assess software quality characteristics and assist during implementation. This will help reduce maintenance costs by creating criteria groups to support writing standard code, developing a model to apply criteria, and increasing understandability. Student groups will study code standardization, write programs, and test software maintenance on programs to validate the model and proposed criteria.
A survey of predicting software reliability using machine learning methodsIAESIJAI
In light of technical and technological progress, software has become an urgent need in every aspect of human life, including the medicine sector and industrial control. Therefore, it is imperative that the software always works flawlessly. The information technology sector has witnessed a rapid expansion in recent years, as software companies can no longer rely only on cost advantages to stay competitive in the market, but programmers must provide reliable and high-quality software, and in order to estimate and predict software reliability using machine learning and deep learning, it was introduced A brief overview of the important scientific contributions to the subject of software reliability, and the researchers' findings of highly efficient methods and techniques for predicting software reliability.
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research(IJCER) is an intentional online Journal in English monthly publishing journal. This Journal publish original research work that contributes significantly to further the scientific knowledge in engineering and Technology
The document describes an automated process for bug triage that uses text classification and data reduction techniques. It proposes using Naive Bayes classifiers to predict the appropriate developers to assign bugs to by applying stopword removal, stemming, keyword selection, and instance selection on bug reports. This reduces the data size and improves quality. It predicts developers based on their history and profiles while tracking bug status. The goal is to more efficiently handle software bugs compared to traditional manual triage processes.
Practical Guidelines to Improve Defect Prediction Model – A Reviewinventionjournals
Defect prediction models are used to pinpoint risky software modules and understand past pitfalls that lead to defective modules. The predictions and insights that are derived from defect prediction models may not be accurate and reliable if researchers do not consider the impact of experimental components (e.g., datasets, metrics, and classifiers) of defect prediction modeling. Therefore, a lack of awareness and practical guidelines from previous research can lead to invalid predictions and unreliable insights. Through case studies of systems that span both proprietary and open-source domains, find that (1) noise in defect datasets; (2) parameter settings of classification techniques; and (3) model validation techniques have a large impact on the predictions and insights of defect prediction models, suggesting that researchers should carefully select experimental components in order to produce more accurate and reliable defect prediction models.
Quality aware approach for engineering self-adaptive software systemscsandit
Self-adaptivity allows software systems to autonomously adjust their behavior during run-time to reduce
the cost complexities caused by manual maintenance. In this paper, an approach for building an external
adaptation engine for self-adaptive software systems is proposed. In order to improve the quality of selfadaptive
software systems, this research addresses two challenges in self-adaptive software systems. The
first challenge is managing the complexity of the adaptation space efficiently and the second is handling the
run-time uncertainty that hinders the adaptation process. This research utilizes Case-based Reasoning as
an adaptation engine along with utility functions for realizing the managed system’s requirements and
handling uncertainty.
Art of software defect association & correction using association rule miningIAEME Publication
This document summarizes a study that uses association rule mining to predict software defect associations and defect correction effort. The study uses defect data from over 200 NASA software projects spanning 15 years. Association rule mining is applied to the defect data to discover relationships between different defect types and predict the effort required to correct defects. The predictions of defect associations and correction effort are evaluated using five-fold cross-validation. The accuracy of defect correction effort prediction is also compared to other machine learning methods like decision trees. The results show the association rule mining approach achieves higher accuracy than other methods for both defect association and correction effort prediction.
Art of software defect association & correction using associationiaemedu
This document summarizes a research paper that uses association rule mining to predict software defect associations and the effort required to correct defects. The paper analyzes defect data from over 200 NASA software projects spanning 15 years. Association rules are discovered from the data to predict what other defects may co-occur with a given defect and the estimated effort to correct defects. The predictions are evaluated and found to have higher accuracy than other machine learning methods like decision trees. The paper also examines the impact of varying the minimum support and confidence levels for rules on the prediction performance and number of rules discovered.
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Benchmarking machine learning techniques
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BENCHMARKING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES
FOR SOFTWARE DEFECT DETECTION
Saiqa Aleem1
, Luiz Fernando Capretz1
and Faheem Ahmed2
1
Western University, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering,
London,Ontario, Canada, N6A 5B9
2
Thompson Rivers University, Department of Computing Science,
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, V2C 6N6
ABSTRACT
Machine Learning approaches are good in solving problems that have less information. In most cases, the
software domain problems characterize as a process of learning that depend on the various circumstances
and changes accordingly. A predictive model is constructed by using machine learning approaches and
classified them into defective and non-defective modules. Machine learning techniques help developers to
retrieve useful information after the classification and enable them to analyse data from different
perspectives. Machine learning techniques are proven to be useful in terms of software bug prediction. This
study used public available data sets of software modules and provides comparative performance analysis
of different machine learning techniques for software bug prediction. Results showed most of the machine
learning methods performed well on software bug datasets.
KEYWORDS
Machine Learning Methods, Software Bug Detection, Software Analytics, Predictive Analytics
1. INTRODUCTION
The advancement in software technology causes an increase in the number of software products,
and their maintenance has become a challenging task. More than half of the life cycle cost for a
software system includes maintenance activities. With the increase in complexity in software
systems, the probability of having defective modules in the software systems is getting higher [1].
It is imperative to predict and fix the defects before it is delivered to customers because the
software quality assurance is a time consuming task and sometimes does not allow for complete
testing of the entire system due to budget issue. Therefore, identification of a defective software
module can help us in allocating limited and resources effectively. A defect in a software system
can also be named a bug.
A bug indicates the unexpected behaviour of system for some given requirements. The
unexpected behaviour is identified during software testing and marked as a bug. A software bug
can be referred to as” Imperfection in software development process that would cause software to
fail to meet the desired expectation” [2]. Moreover, the finding of defects and correcting those
results in expensive software development activities [3]. It has been observed that a small number
of modules contain the majority of the software bugs [4, 5]. Thus, timely identification of
software bugs facilitates the testing resources allocation in an efficient manner and enables
developers to improve the architectural design of a system by identifying the high risk segments
of the system [6, 7, 8].
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Machine learning techniques can be used to analyse data from different perspectives and enable
developers to retrieve useful information. The machine learning techniques that can be used to
detect bugs in software datasets can be classification and clustering. Classification is a data
mining and machine learning approach, useful in software bug prediction. It involves
categorization of software modules into defective or non-defective that is denoted by a set of
software complexity metrics by utilizing a classification model that is derived from earlier
development projects data [9]. The metrics for software complexity may consist of code size [10],
McCabe’s cyclomatic complexity [11] and Halstead’s Complexity [12].
Clustering is a kind of non-hierarchal method that moves data points among a set of clusters until
similar item clusters are formed or a desired set is acquired. Clustering methods make
assumptions about the data set. If that assumption holds, then it results into a good cluster. But it
is a trivial task to satisfy all assumptions. The combination of different clustering methods and by
varying input parameters may be beneficial. Association rule mining is used for discovering
frequent patterns of different attributes in a dataset. The associative classification most of the
times provides a higher classification as compared to other classification methods.
This paper explores the different machine learning techniques for software bug detection and
provides a comparative performance analysis between them. The rest of the paper is organized as
follows: Section II provides a related work on the selected research topic; Section III discusses
the different selected machine learning techniques, data pre-process and prediction accuracy
indicators, experiment procedure and results; Section VI provides the discussion about
comparative analysis of different methods; and Section V concludes the research.
2. RELATED WORK
Lessmann et al. [13] proposed a novel framework for software defect prediction by benchmarking
classification algorithms on different datasets and observed that their selected classification
methods provide good prediction accuracy and supports the metrics based classification. The
receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC) is used for comparison. Actually, AUC represents
the objective indicator of predictive accuracy and it is most informative within a benchmarking
context [14, 15]. Especially for comparative study in software bug detection, it is recommended
to use AUC as primary accuracy indicator because it separates predictive performance from cost
distributions and class, and they are actually project specific characteristics that may be subject to
change and unknown. Therefore, there is a potential for AUC-based evaluation to significantly
improve convergence across studies. In particular, of RndFor for defect prediction previous
findings regarding the efficacy [16] were confirmed. The results of the experiments showed that
there is no significant difference in the performance of different classification algorithms. The
study covered only classification model for software bug prediction.
Sharma and Jain [17] explored the WEKA approach for decision tree classification algorithms.
They characterized specific approach for classification and developed method for WEKA in order
to utilize the implementation of different datasets. The high rate of accuracy is presented and
achieved by each decision tree. It correctly classify data into its related instances. The proposed
approach can be used in banking, medical and various areas. Their proposed method is generic
one not especially for software bug prediction. Various machine learning approaches such as
Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Bayesian Belief Network (BBN), Decision Tree, clustering
and SVM are some techniques which are generally used for fault prediction in software. Elish and
Elish [18] proposed a software prediction model by utilizing SVM approach. A comparative
analysis was also performed for SVM against four NASA datasets including eight machine
learning models. Guo et al., [19] also used NASA software bugs datasets and utilized ensemble
approach (Random Forest) to predict non-defective software components and also compared its
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performance against other existing machine leaning approaches. Ghouti et al., [20] proposed a
model based on Probabilistic Neural Network (PNN) and SVM for fault prediction and used
PROMISE datasets for evaluation. This research work suggested that predictive performance of
PNN is better than SVM for any size of datasets.
Khoshgoftaar et al. [21] also used one of the machine learning approach i.e. Neural Network to
find out that either software module is defective or not and performed experiment on large tele-
communication. They did a comparative analysis between NN and other approaches and
concluded that NN performed well in bug prediction as compared to other approaches. Kaur and
Pallavi [22] also discussed the utilization of numerous machine learning approaches for example
classification, clustering, regression, association and regression in software defect prediction but
did not provide the comparative performance analysis of techniques. Okutan and Yildiz [23] and
Fenton et al. [24] and also predict bugs in software modules by using Bayesian Network
approach. Okutan and Yildiz. [23] used PROMISE data repository and concluded that most
effective metrics for software are response for class, lines of code and lack of coding quality.
Wang et al. [25] provided a comparative study of only ensemble classifiers for software bug
prediction.
Most of the existed studies on software defect prediction are limited in performing comparative
analysis of all the methods of machine learning. Some of them used few methods and provides
the comparison between them and others just discussed or proposed a method based on existing
machine learning techniques by extending them [26, 27].
3. MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR SOFTWARE BUG DETECTION
In this paper, a comparative performance analysis of different machine learning techniques is
explored for software bug prediction on public available data sets. Machine learning techniques
are proven to be useful in terms of software bug prediction. The data from software repository
contains lots of information in assessing software quality; and machine learning techniques can be
applied on them in order to extract software bugs information. The machine learning techniques
are classified into two broad categories in order to compare their performance; such as supervised
learning versus unsupervised learning. In supervised learning algorithms such as ensemble
classifier like bagging and boosting, Multilayer perceptron, Naive Bayes classifier, Support
vector machine, Random Forest and Decision Trees are compared. In case of unsupervised
learning methods like Radial base network function, clustering techniques such as K-means
algorithm, K nearest neighbour are compared against each other.
The brief description of each one is as follow:
3.1.1 Decision Tree
Decision trees classify software defective modules by using a series of rule [28]. The decision
tree has basic components such as the decision node, branches and leaves. Input space within
decision tree is divided into mutually exclusive regions and a value or an action or a label is
assigned to each region to characterize its data points. The mechanism of decision tree is
transparent and decision tree structure can be follow to see how the decision is made. Most of the
decision trees construction algorithm consists of two phases. In the first phase, vary large size tree
is constructed and then the tree is pruned in the second step to avoid over fitting issue. Then the
pruned tree is utilized for classification purpose.
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3.1.2 Ensemble Classifier (Bagging and Boosting)
Ensemble Classifier integrates multiple classifier to build a model for classification and helps in
improving the defect prediction performance. The main idea is to improve the overall
performance of prediction by combining set of learning models. The Bagging [29] (Bootstrap
AGGregatING) is one of the ensemble classifier and mainly constructs each ensemble member by
using different datasets. Then the predictions are made by combining their average or votes over a
label of class. Bagging build a combined model results in better performance than one single
model. Another ensemble method is Boosting and Adaboost [30] is one of the well-known
algorithm of Boosting family. It usually train new model in each round and multiple iterations
with different example weights are performed. The increment in the weight of incorrectly
classified classes will be done, so this over fitting counts more heavily in the next iteration. In this
way, the series of classifier complement each other and they are combined together by voting.
3.1.3 Random Forest
Random Forest [31] is also another approach under ensemble classifier. In the construction of
decision tree a random choice of attributes is involved. A simple algorithm is used in the
construction of individual tree. Pruning process is not performed at each node of decision tree and
sampling of attributes is randomly performed. The unlabelled example classified based on
majority of voting [32]. Random forest has one important advantage that it is fast and is able to
handle large number of input attributes.
3.1.4 Naïve Bayes Classifiers (NB)
The Naïve Bayes classifier [33] is based on Bayes rule of conditional probability. It analysis each
attribute individually and assumes that all of them are independent and important.
3.1.5 Support Vector Machine (SVM)
A support vector machine (or SVM) [34, 35] utilizes non-linear mapping for original training data
to transform it into higher dimension. Then it searches for optimal linear hyper plane for
separation. The hyper-plane can be found using margins and support vectors. SVM is used for
classification purpose and based on supervised learning.
3.1.6 Multi-layer Perceptron (MLP)
A multilayer perceptron (MLP) [36] is a supervised learning approach and comprised of
feedforward artificial neural network model. The sets of input data in this approach map onto a
set of appropriate outputs. A MLP comprised of directed graph of multiple layers of nodes, and
they are fully connected to the next one within each node. Each input node is called as neuron
with a nonlinear activation function. The sigmoidal units of hidden layer learn to approximate the
functions. For training purpose, MLP utilizes a technique called backpropagation.
3.1.7 Radial Basis Function Networks
Radial basis function (RBF) [37] Networks uses the approximation theory of function. It is
different from MLP because it has feed forward networks of two layers. The radial basis
functions are implemented within hidden nodes and output nodes utilizes linear summation
functions. The learning and training is very fast in RBF networks.
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3.1.8 Clustering
Clustering is classified under unsupervised learning approach because no class labels are
provided. The data is grouped together on the basis of their similarity. Groups with similar data
points are put together in clusters. It is a process defining set of meaningful sub-classes called
clusters based on their similarities. K-mean [38] clustering is based on non-hierarchical clustering
procedure and item are moved within sets of clusters until the desired set is reached. K- Nearest
neighbors is also another example of clustering under unsupervised learning.
3.2 Datasets & Pre-Processing
The datasets from PROMISE data repository [39] were used in the experiments. Table 1 shows
the information about datasets. The datasets were collected from real software projects by NASA
and have many software modules. We used public domain datasets in the experiments as this is a
benchmarking procedure of defect prediction research, making easier for other researcher to
compare their techniques [13, 8]. Datasets used different programming languages and code
metrics such as Halstead’s complexity, code size and McCabe’s cyclomatic complexity etc.
Experiments were performed by such a baseline.
Waikato Environment for Knowledge Analysis (WEKA) [40] tool was used for experiments. It is
an open source software consisting of a collection of machine learning algorithms in java for
different machine learning tasks. The algorithms are applied directly to different datasets. Pre-
processing of datasets has been performed before using them in the experiments. Missing values
were replaced by the attribute values such as means of attributes because datasets only contain
numeric values. The attributes were also discretized by using filter of Discretize (10-bin
discretization) in WEKA software. The data file normally used by WEKA is in ARFF file format,
which consists of special tags to indicate different elements in the data file (foremost: attribute
names, attribute types, and attribute values and the data).
3.3 Performance Indicators
For comparative study, performance indicators such as accuracy, mean absolute error and F-
measure based on precision and recall were used. Accuracy can be defined as the total number of
correctly identified bugs divided by the total number of bugs, and is calculated by the equations
listed below:
Accuracy = (TP + TN) / (TP+TN+FP+FN) (1)
Accuracy (%) = (correctly classified software bugs/ Total software bugs) * 100 (2)
Precision is a measure of correctness and it is a ratio between correctly classified software bugs
and actual number of software bugs assigned to their category. It is calculated by the equation
below:
Precision = TP / (TP+FP) (3)
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Table 1. Datasets information
Table 2. Performance of different machine learning methods with cross validation test mode based on
accuracy
Supervised learning Unsupervised learning
Datasets
Naye
Bayes
MLP SVM
Ada
Boost
Bagging
Decision
Trees
Random
Forest
J48 KNN RBF K-means
AR1 83.45 89.55 91.97 90.24 92.23 89.32 90.56 90.15 65.92 90.33 90.02
AR6 84.25 84.53 86.00 82.70 85.18 82.88 85.39 83.21 75.13 85.38 83.65
CM1 84.90 89.12 90.52 90.33 89.96 89.22 89.40 88.71 84.24 89.70 86.58
JM1 81.43 89.97 81.73 81.70 82.17 81.78 82.09 80.19 66.89 81.61 77.37
KC1 82.10 85.51 84.47 84.34 85.39 84.88 85.39 84.13 82.06 84.99 84.03
KC2 84.78 83.64 82.30 81.46 83.06 82.65 82.56 81.29 79.03 83.63 80.99
KC3 86.17 90.04 90.80 90.06 89.91 90.83 89.65 89.74 60.59 89.87 87.91
MC1 94.57 99.40 99.26 99.27 99.42 99.27 99.48 99.37 68.58 99.27 99.48
MC2 72.53 67.97 72.00 69.46 71.54 67.21 70.50 69.75 64.49 69.51 69.00
MW1 83.63 91.09 92.19 91.27 92.06 90.97 91.29 91.42 81.77 91.99 87.90
PC1 88.07 93.09 93.09 93.14 93.79 93.36 93.54 93.53 88.22 93.13 92.07
PC2 96.96 99.52 99.59 99.58 99.58 99.58 99.55 99.57 75.25 99.58 99.21
PC3 46.87 87.55 89.83 89.70 89.38 89.60 89.55 88.14 64.07 89.76 87.22
PC4 85.51 89.11 88.45 88.86 89.53 88.53 89.69 88.36 56.88 87.27 86.72
PC5 96.93 97.03 97.23 96.84 97.59 97.01 97.58 97.40 66.77 97.15 97.33
Mean 83.47 89.14 89.29 88.59 89.386 88.47 89.08 88.33 71.99 88.87 87.29
Recall is a ratio between correctly classified software bugs and software bugs belonging to their
category. It represents the machine learning method’s ability of searching extension and is
calculated by the following equation.
Recall = TP / (TP + FN) (4)
F-measure is a combined measure of recall and precision, and is calculated by using the following
equation. The higher value of F-measure indicates the quality of machine learning method for
correct prediction.
F = (2 * precision * recall) / (Precision + recall) (5)
CM1 JM1 KC1 KC2 KC3 MC1 MC2 MW1 PC1 PC2 PC3 PC4 PC5 AR1 AR6
Language C C C++ C++ Java C++ C C C C C C C++ C C
LOC 20k 315k 43k 18k 18k 63k 6k 8k 40k 26k 40k 36k 164k 29k 29
Modules 505 10878 2107 522 458 9466 161 403 1107 5589 1563 1458 17186 121 101
Defects 48 2102 325 105 43 68 52 31 76 23 160 178 516 9 15
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Table 3. Performance of different machine learning methods with cross validation test mode based on mean
absolute error
Supervised learning Unsupervised learning
Datasets
NayeB
ayes
ML
P
SVM AdaBoost Bagging
Decision
Trees
Random
Forest
J48 KNN RBF
K-
means
AR1 0.17 0.11 0.08 0.12 0.13 0.12 0.13 0.13 0.32 0.13 0.11
AR6 0.17 0.19 0.13 0.22 0.24 0.25 0.22 0.23 0.25 0.22 0.17
CM1 0.16 0.16 0.10 0.16 0.16 0.20 0.16 0.17 0.16 0.17 0.14
JM1 0.19 0.27 0.18 0.27 0.25 0.35 0.25 0.26 0.33 0.28 0.23
KC1 0.18 0.21 0.15 0.22 0.20 0.29 0.19 0.20 0.18 0.23 0.17
KC2 0.16 0.22 0.17 0.22 0.22 0.29 0.22 0.23 0.21 0.23 0.21
KC3 0.15 0.12 0.09 0.14 0.14 0.17 0.14 0.13 0.39 0.15 0.12
MC1 0.06 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.31 0.01 0.01
MC2 0.27 0.32 0.28 0.39 0.37 0.40 0.35 0.32 0.35 0.41 0.31
MW1 0.16 0.11 0.08 0.12 0.12 0.15 0.12 0.12 0.18 0.12 0.13
PC1 0.11 0.11 0.07 0.11 0.10 0.14 0.09 0.10 0.12 0.12 0.08
PC2 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.18 0.01 0.01
PC3 0.51 0.14 0.10 0.16 0.15 0.21 0.15 0.15 0.36 0.18 0.13
PC4 0.14 0.12 0.11 0.15 0.14 0.16 0.14 0.12 0.43 0.20 0.13
PC5 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.06 0.03 0.03 0.33 0.05 0.03
Mean 0.16 0.14 0.10 0.15 0.15 0.18 0.14 0.14 0.27 0.16 0.13
3.4 Experiment Procedure & Results
For comparative performance analysis of different machine learning methods, we selected 15
software bug datasets and applied machine learning methods such as NaiveBayes, MLP, SVM,
AdaBoost, Bagging, Decision Tree, Random Forest, J48, KNN, RBF and K-means. We employed
WEKA tool for the implementation of experiments. The 10- fold cross validation test mode was
selected for the experiments.
i) The software bug repository datasets:
D= {AR1, AR6, CM1, JM1, KC1, KC2, KC3, MC1, MC2, MW1, PC1, PC2, PC3, PC4, PC5}
ii) Selected machine learning methods
M = {Nayes Bayes, MLP, SVM, AdaBoost, Bagging, Decision Tree, Random Forest, J48, KNN,
RBF, K-means}
Data pre-process:
a) Apply Replace missing values to D
b) Apply Discretize to D
Test Model - cross validation (10 folds):
for each D do for each M do
Perform cross-validation using 10-folds
end for
Select accuracy
Select Mean Absolute Error (MAE) Select F-measure end for
Output:
a) Accuracy
b) Mean Absolute Error
c) F-measure
Experiment Procedure:
Input:
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Table 4. Performance of different machine learning methods with cross validation test mode based on F-
measure
Supervised learning Unsupervised learning
Datas
ets
NayeBay
es
MLP SVM
AdaBoo
st
Bagging
Decision
Trees
Random
Forest
J48 KNN RBF
K-
means
AR1 0.90 0.94 0.96 0.95 0.96 0.94 0.96 0.95 0.79 0.95 0.94
AR6 0.90 0.91 0.93 0.90 0.92 0.90 0.92 0.90 0.84 0.92 0.90
CM1 0.91 0.94 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.91 0.95 0.93
JM1 0.89 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.88 0.80 0.90 0.86
KC1 0.90 0.92 0.92 0.91 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.91 0.89 0.92 0.91
KC2 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.88 0.90 0.89 0.89 0.88 0.86 0.90 0.88
KC3 0.91 0.94 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.94 0.94 0.72 0.95 0.93
MC1 0.97 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.81 1.00 1.00
MC2 0.82 0.78 0.82 0.80 0.81 0.77 0.80 0.78 0.76 0.81 0.77
MW1 0.90 0.95 0.96 0.95 0.96 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.89 0.96 0.93
PC1 0.94 0.97 0.96 0.96 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.94 0.96 0.96
PC2 0.99 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.90 1.00 1.00
PC3 0.60 0.94 0.95 0.95 0.94 0.95 0.94 0.94 0.77 0.95 0.93
PC4 0.92 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.93 0.94 0.93 0.72 0.93 0.92
PC5 0.98 0.99 0.99 0.98 0.99 0.98 0.99 0.99 0.80 0.99 0.99
Mean 0.89 0.93 0.942 0.93 0.94 0.93 0.93 0.93 0.82 0.93 0.92
3.5 Experiment Results
Table 2, 3 & 4 show the results of the experiment. Three parameters were selected in order to
compare them such as Accuracy, Mean absolute error and F-measure. In order to compare the
selected algorithms the mean was taken for all datasets and results are shown in Figures 1-3.
Figure 1. Accuracy results for selected machine learning methods
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Figure 2. MAE results for selected machine learning methods
Figure 3. F-measure results for selected machine learning methods
4. DISCUSSION & CONCLUSION
Accuracy, F-measure and MAE results are gathered on various datasets for different algorithms
as shown in Table 2, 3 & 4. The following observations were drawn from these experiment
results:
NaiveBayes classifier for software bug classification showed a mean accuracy of various datasets
83.47. It performed really well on datasets MC1, PC2 and PC5, where the accuracy results were
above 95%. The worst performance can be seen on dataset PC3, where the accuracy was less than
50%. MLP also performed well on MC1 and PC2 and got overall accuracy on various datasets
89.14 %. SVM and Bagging performed really well as compared to other machine learning
methods, and got overall accuracy of around 89 %. Adaboost got accuracy of 88.59, Bagging got
89.386, Decision trees achieved accuracy around 88.47, Random Forest got 89.08, J48 got 88.33
and in the case of unsupervised learning KNN achieved 71.99, RBF achieved 88.87 and K-means
achieved 87.29. MLP, SVM and Bagging performance on all the selected datasets was good as
compared to other machine learning methods. The lowest accuracy was achieved by KNN
method.
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The best MAE achieved by SVM method which is 0.10 on various datasets and got 0.00 MAE for
PC2 dataset. The worst MAE was for KNN method which was 0.27. K-means, MLP, Random
Forest and J48 also got better MAE around 0.14. In the case of F-measure, higher is better.
Higher F-measure was achieved by SVM and Bagging methods which were around 0.94. The
worst F-measure as achieved by KNN method which was 0.82 on various datasets.
Software bugs identification at an earlier stage of software lifecycle helps in directing software
quality assurance measures and also improves the management process of software. Effective
bug’s prediction is totally dependent on a good prediction model. This study covered the different
machine learning methods that can be used for a bug’s prediction. The performance of different
algorithms on various software datasets was analysed. Mostly SVM, MLP and bagging
techniques performed well on bug’s datasets. In order to select the appropriate method for bug’s
prediction domain experts have to consider various factors such as the type of datasets, problem
domain, uncertainty in datasets or the nature of project.
Lastly, neuro-fuzzy techniques [41-47] and software agents [48] can be used to generate test
cases, increasing the efficacy of bug detection. Multiple techniques can be combined in order to
get more accurate results.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The authors would like to thank Dr. Jagath Samarabandu for his constructive comments which
contributed to the improvement of this article as his course work.
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AUTHORS BIOGRAPHY
Saiqa Aleem received her MS in Computer Science (2004) from University of Central
Punjab, Pakistan and MS in Information Technology (2013) from UAEU, United Arab
Emirates. Currently, she is pursuing her PhD. in software engineering from University of
Western Ontario, Canada. She had many years of academic and industrial experience
holding various technical positions. She is Microsoft, CompTIA, and CISCO certified
professional with MCSE, MCDBA, A+ and CCNA certifications.
Dr. Luiz Fernando Capretz has vast experience in the software engineering field as
practitioner, manager and educator. Before joining the University of Western Ontario
(Canada), he worked at both technical and managerial levels, taught and did research on
the engineering of software in Brazil, Argentina, England, Japan and the United Arab
Emirates since 1981. He is currently a professor of Software Engineering and Assistant
Dean (IT and e-Learning), and former Director of the Software Engineering Program at
Western. His current research interests are software engineering, human aspects of
software engineering, software analytics, and software engineering education. Dr. Capretz received his
Ph.D. from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (U.K.), M.Sc. from the National Institute for Space
Research (INPE-Brazil), and B.Sc. from UNICAMP (Brazil). He is a senior member of IEEE, a
distinguished member of the ACM, a MBTI Certified Practitioner, and a Certified Professional Engineer in
Canada (P.Eng.). He can be contacted at lcapretz@uwo.ca; further information can be found at:
http://www.eng.uwo.ca/people/lcapretz/
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Dr. Faheem Ahmed received his MS (2004) and Ph.D. (2006) in Software Engineering
from the Western University, London, Canada. Currently he is Associate Professor and
Chair at Thompson Rivers University, Canada. Ahmed had many years of industrial
experience holding various technical positions in software development organizations.
During his professional career he has been actively involved in the life cycle of software
development process including requirements management, system analysis and design,
software development, testing, delivery and maintenance. Ahmed has authored and co-
authored many peer-reviewed research articles in leading journals and conference
proceedings in the area of software engineering. He is a senior member of IEEE.