An automatically created novel bug dataset and its validation in bug prediction

• Published in: The Journal of systems and software Vol. 169; p. 110691
• Main Authors: Ferenc, Rudolf, Gyimesi, Péter, Gyimesi, Gábor, Tóth, Zoltán, Gyimóthy, Tibor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.11.2020
• Subjects: Bug dataset; Bug prediction; Code metrics; GitHub; Machine learning; Static code analysis; Bug prediction; Bug dataset; Code metrics; GitHub; Static code analysis; Machine learning

Bugs are inescapable during software development due to frequent code changes, tight deadlines, etc.; therefore, it is important to have tools to find these errors. One way of performing bug identification is to analyze the characteristics of buggy source code elements from the past and predict the...