Gray, D. and Bowes, D. and Davey, N. and Sun, Y. and Christianson, B. (2009) Using the support vector machine as a classification method for software defect prediction with static code metrics. In: International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks EANN 2009 : Engineering Applications of Neural Networks. Communications in Computer and Information Science . Springer, pp. 223-234. ISBN 9783642039683
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The automated detection of defective modules within software systems could lead to reduced development costs and more reliable software. In this work the static code metrics for a collection of modules contained within eleven NASA data sets are used with a Support Vector Machine classifier. A rigorous sequence of pre-processing steps were applied to the data prior to classification, including the balancing of both classes (defective or otherwise) and the removal of a large number of repeating instances. The Support Vector Machine in this experiment yields an average accuracy of 70% on previously unseen data.