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Techniques Used for the Prediction of Number of Faults

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Fault Prediction Modeling for the Prediction of Number of Software Faults

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Prediction of number of faults refers to the process of estimating/predicting a potential number of faults that can occur in each given software module [41]. A software module can be a class for object-oriented software, file for traditional software or any other independent component having a bunch of code bundles together.

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Rathore, S.S., Kumar, S. (2019). Techniques Used for the Prediction of Number of Faults. In: Fault Prediction Modeling for the Prediction of Number of Software Faults. SpringerBriefs in Computer Science. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7131-8_2

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