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Software quality classification using rule-based modeling

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Date Issued:
2002
Summary:
Software-based products are part of our daily life. They can be encountered in most of the systems we interact with. This reliance on software products generates a strong need for better software reliability, reducing the cost associated with potential failures. Reliability in software systems may be achieved by using additional testing. However, extensive software testing is expensive and time consuming. Software quality classification models provide an early prediction of a module's quality. Boolean Discriminant Function (BDF), Generalized Boolean Discriminant Function (GBDF), and Rule-Based Modeling (RBM) can be used as classification models. This thesis demonstrates the ability of GBDF and RBM to correctly classify modules. The introduction of the AND operator in the GBDF model and the customizable outcomes for the rules in RBM, enhanced the discriminating quality of GBDF and RBM as compared to BDF. Furthermore, they also yielded better balances for the misclassification rates.
Title: Software quality classification using rule-based modeling.
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Name(s): Mao, Meihui.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Khoshgoftaar, Taghi M., Thesis advisor
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 2002
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 92 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Software-based products are part of our daily life. They can be encountered in most of the systems we interact with. This reliance on software products generates a strong need for better software reliability, reducing the cost associated with potential failures. Reliability in software systems may be achieved by using additional testing. However, extensive software testing is expensive and time consuming. Software quality classification models provide an early prediction of a module's quality. Boolean Discriminant Function (BDF), Generalized Boolean Discriminant Function (GBDF), and Rule-Based Modeling (RBM) can be used as classification models. This thesis demonstrates the ability of GBDF and RBM to correctly classify modules. The introduction of the AND operator in the GBDF model and the customizable outcomes for the rules in RBM, enhanced the discriminating quality of GBDF and RBM as compared to BDF. Furthermore, they also yielded better balances for the misclassification rates.
Identifier: 9780493547466 (isbn), 12886 (digitool), FADT12886 (IID), fau:9760 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): College of Engineering and Computer Science
Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2002.
Subject(s): Computer software--Quality control
Software measurement
Held by: Florida Atlantic University Libraries
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