Evaluating the Impact of Data Transformation Techniques on the Performance and Interpretability of Software Defect Prediction Models

• Published in: IET software Vol. 2023; pp. 1 - 30
• Main Authors: Zhao, Yu, Huang, Zhiqiu, Gong, Lina, Zhu, Yi, Yu, Qiao, Gao, Yuxiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi 14.11.2023; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Wiley

The performance of software defect prediction (SDP) models determines the priority of test resource allocation. Researchers also use interpretability techniques to gain empirical knowledge about software quality from SDP models. However, SDP methods designed in the past research rarely consider the...