Practical development of an Eclipse-based software fault prediction tool using Naive Bayes algorithm

  • Authors:

  • Cagatay Catal;Ugur Sevim;Banu Diri

  • Affiliations:

  • The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and the National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE), Information Technologies Institute, Kocaeli, Turkey;The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and the National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE), Information Technologies Institute, Kocaeli, Turkey;Yildiz Technical University, Department of Computer Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey

  • Venue:
  • Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Despite the amount of effort software engineers have been putting into developing fault prediction models, software fault prediction still poses great challenges. This research using machine learning and statistical techniques has been ongoing for 15years, and yet we still have not had a breakthrough. Unfortunately, none of these prediction models have achieved widespread applicability in the software industry due to a lack of software tools to automate this prediction process. Historical project data, including software faults and a robust software fault prediction tool, can enable quality managers to focus on fault-prone modules. Thus, they can improve the testing process. We developed an Eclipse-based software fault prediction tool for Java programs to simplify the fault prediction process. We also integrated a machine learning algorithm called Naive Bayes into the plug-in because of its proven high-performance for this problem. This article presents a practical view to software fault prediction problem, and it shows how we managed to combine software metrics with software fault data to apply Naive Bayes technique inside an open source platform.