Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1995

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Khoshgoftaar, Taghi M.

Abstract

Accurately classifying the quality of software is a major problem in any software development project. Software engineers develop models that provide early estimates of quality metrics which allow them to take actions against emerging quality problems. The use of a neural network as a tool to classify programs as a low, medium, or high risk for errors or change is explored using multiple software metrics as input. It is demonstrated that a neural network, trained using the back-propagation supervised learning strategy, produced the desired mapping between the static software metrics and the software quality classes. The neural network classification methodology is compared to the discriminant analysis classification methodology in this experiment. The comparison is based on two and three class predictive models developed using variables resulting from principal component analysis of software metrics.

Extent

70 p.

Comments

College of Engineering and Computer Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.C.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1995.|College of Engineering and Computer Science

Identifier

FADT15183

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