Title :
A comparative exploration of FreeBSD bug lifetimes
Author :
Bougie, Gargi ; Treude, Christoph ; German, Daniel M. ; Storey, Margaret-Anne
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Abstract :
In this paper, we explore the viability of mining the basic data provided in bug repositories to predict bug lifetimes. We follow the method of Lucas D. Panjer as described in his paper, Predicting Eclipse Bug Lifetimes. However, in place of Eclipse data, the FreeBSD bug repository is used. We compare the predictive accuracy of five different classification algorithms applied to the two data sets. In addition, we propose future work on whether there is a more informative way of classifying bugs than is considered by current bug tracking systems.
Keywords :
data mining; pattern classification; program debugging; software engineering; Eclipse data; FreeBSD bug lifetimes; bug classification; bug repository; bug tracking system; classification algorithm; data mining; Accuracy; Classification algorithms; Computer bugs; Data mining; Kernel; Linux; Open source software; Project management; Software development management; Software systems; Bug lifetimes; FreeBSD; Mining Software Repositories;
Conference_Titel :
Mining Software Repositories (MSR), 2010 7th IEEE Working Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6802-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6803-4
DOI :
10.1109/MSR.2010.5463291
